Posts Tagged ‘Polling’
Yes, you can generally trust issue polling — but there’s a catch
A new study of polls on hundreds of state ballot initiatives reveals no bias towards liberals or conservatives, but rather a consistent underestimation of the status quo G. Elliott Morris | May 11, 2021 There is a status quo bias in American politics. Most people think of the present as the ideal, and when the…
Read MoreStudies: Democratic politicians represent middle-class voters. GOP politicians don’t.
Political scientists are finding an alarming pattern. Dylan Matthews | April 2, 2018 If you think American politics is a rigged shell game, where the views of the rich and powerful count but those of regular Americans don’t, then two prominent political scientists agree with you. Three years ago, Martin Gilens of UCLA and Benjamin…
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