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reportJan 9, 2024

Tuning Out: Americans on the Edge of Politics

Untethered from partisan politics and uninterested in keeping up with political news, here is how some Americans view the current state of U.S. politics.
reportSep 8, 2020

Democrats Made Gains From Multiple Sources in 2018 Midterm Victories

Our analysis of verified voters examines what 2016 voters and nonvoters did in the 2018 midterm elections and offers a detailed portrait of the demographic composition and vote choices of the 2018 electorate.
reportSep 25, 2014

No Sign of GOP Tide in Congressional Voting Intentions

The GOP’s relatively thin 47-44 lead in the current midterm polls strongly suggests that this is not a “tide” election.
reportSep 5, 2013

What the Public Knows – In Words, Pictures, Maps and Graphs

Overview Before you read the report, test your own News IQ by taking the interactive knowledge quiz. The short quiz tests your knowledge of questions recently asked in a national poll. After completing the quiz, you can compare your score with the general public and with people like yourself. Take the Quiz The latest Pew […]
reportNov 7, 2011

What the Public Knows – In Words and Pictures

Overview Before you read the report, test your own News IQ by taking the interactive knowledge quiz. The short quiz includes many of the questions that were included in a national poll. Participants will instantly learn how they did on the quiz in comparison with the general public as well as with people like them. […]
reportOct 14, 2009

But What Do the Polls Show?

Perhaps the best way to think about public opinion and its relationship to politics and policymaking is that the American public is typically short on facts, but often long on judgment.
reportJun 4, 2009

First Impressions of Sotomayor Mostly Positive

Summary of Findings Americans who have learned at least a little about Judge Sonia Sotomayor are more likely to offer traits or aspects they like about President Obama’s first Supreme Court nominee than things they do not like about the federal appellate court judge from New York. Asked if there was anything they have learned […]
reportOct 30, 2008

The Element of Surprise

As recently as a month ago, this analyst and the American public itself were throwing up our hands and saying we can’t figure this one out — too many intangibles. No more.
reportSep 25, 2008

Uncertain Times

In every recent election the public has accurately picked the winner by this time in the cycle. But not this year.
reportDec 14, 2007

Primary Problems: How Exit Pollsters Plan to Cope with a Super-Crowded Election Season

From holiday distractions to winter weather, the people who will be measuring voters’ preferences in primaries and caucuses around the nation will be dealing with unprecedented problems. Here’s how they plan to do it.

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Search results for: “to pick a reading”

Tuning Out: Americans on the Edge of Politics

No Sign of GOP Tide in Congressional Voting Intentions

What the Public Knows – In Words, Pictures, Maps and Graphs

What the Public Knows – In Words and Pictures

But What Do the Polls Show?

First Impressions of Sotomayor Mostly Positive

The Element of Surprise

Uncertain Times

Primary Problems: How Exit Pollsters Plan to Cope with a Super-Crowded Election Season

REFINE YOUR SELECTION

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