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The cracked looking glass of public opinion polls 📊 April 18, 2021
Polls are often wrong, and sometimes meaningfully biased — but nothing else can do what they do.
G. Elliott Morris
Apr 19
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Sunday subscribers thread for April 18, 2021
Happy Sunday! This week’s headline polls: The best use of polling this week is in gauging the public’s reaction to the CDC’s decision to pause one-dose…
G. Elliott Morris
Apr 18
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The public is in the mood for big social spending
And they want corporations to pay for it
G. Elliott Morris
Apr 16
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Will election polls be more accurate now that Trump out of office?
A popular theory is that partisan non-response is going to disappear since Trump is not on the ballot. This misses the point.
G. Elliott Morris
Apr 14
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Sunday subscribers thread for April 11, 2021
Happy Sunday! There’s not much polling news this week, but here are two things I’m thinking about: The big thing you need to know is that the Bi…
G. Elliott Morris
Apr 11
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Two things you need to know about trends in US party affiliation
A new Gallup poll raises some old questions about sampling error and non-response
G. Elliott Morris
Apr 9
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Who died and made Plato the king of Athenian democratic ideation?
Plato’s warnings against mass enfranchisement too often overshadow his pupil’s iterations
G. Elliott Morris
Apr 5
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Joe Biden’s master plan: do popular stuff and tell people about it 📊 April 4, 2021
The Administration's apparent embrace of public opinion polling is good for democracy, and the party's midterm chances
G. Elliott Morris
Apr 4
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Sunday subscribers thread for April 4, 2021
Happy Sunday! This is a thread just for subscribers. Here are a few topics for discussion: My piece from yesterday on how we should properly bal…
G. Elliott Morris
Apr 4
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Electoral math obscures the bigger story on voting rights
Attempts to restrict the franchise are normatively bad, regardless of their effects. Coverage should reflect that.
G. Elliott Morris
Apr 3
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New polling reveals the struggle for health care among low-income Americans
With a favorable administration, public opinion might set the agenda for better coverage
G. Elliott Morris
Apr 1
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Did the campaign to "Defund The Police" really cost Democrats votes in 2020? 📊 March 28, 2…
A popular explanation for their relative losses, especially with Hispanics, might not be so cut-and-dry
G. Elliott Morris
Mar 29
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