Tag: polling
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Nobody Knows Anything, 2023 Polling Edition
[ad_1] I haven’t been paying much attention to the 2023 election cycle, other than getting annoyed at all the silly polls for next year. The talking heads ran with that exciting polling data showing Trump mopping the floor with Biden in swing states 12 months in advance of the actual election. Hence, their surprise…
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Ramaswamy campaign in ‘new phase’ amid bigger spotlight, scrutiny and polling plateau
[ad_1] Vivek Ramaswamy tells ABC News that he feels his campaign has entered “a new phase” eight months into his presidential bid — as the Republican hopeful and entrepreneur has won a following among primary voters but like other candidates still trails far behind Donald Trump. Asked about how he is changing while in California…
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Rishi Sunak risks MP fury over tax cuts as Manchester Tory conference begins amid dire polling
[ad_1] Related video: Manchester mayor Andy Burnham makes plea to PM on HS2 Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Halving inflation is the “best tax cut I can deliver,” Rishi Sunak has said as he refused to commit to…
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DeSantis campaign pre-debate memo criticizes Trump, is dismissive of other rivals despite polling gap closing
[ad_1] A memo sent to donors Saturday from the presidential campaign of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis criticizes former President Donald Trump and dismisses other GOP rivals, even as his own polling numbers drop and remain stagnant. The memo, first obtained and reported on by CBS News, reassures donors and supporters of the campaign’s confidence in the…
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How Udhayanidhi’s ‘Sanatan Dharma’ comment has become a polling issue in Madhya Pradesh
[ad_1] The MP BJP leaders have been persistently attacking the Congress over this specific topic ever since the debate over “Sanatan Dharma” erupted. A controversy over ‘Sanatan Dharma’ that erupted in the southern part of the country with DMK leader and Tamil Nadu chief minister M.K. Satlin’s son Udhayanidhi Stalin’s controversial remark has apparently taken…
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Beware of polling: The BS has already started
[ad_1] Just because it’s far too early to get bent out of shape about any single poll doesn’t mean the media and political analysts will be exercising restraint. Last week, pundits had a field day with a CNN poll showing President Joe Biden’s approval ratings were 22 points underwater at 39% approve, 61% disapprove. Some…
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Politics Podcast: Polling Silly Season Begins
[ad_1] Among the most politically tuned-in, last week saw the kind of hand-wringing and accusations of bias surrounding the polls that you’d usually expect from the final two months of a campaign, not the final year and two months of a campaign. The focus was largely on general election polls: Whether a Wall Street Journal poll showing former President…
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Polling begins on brisk note in Puthuppally
[ad_1] A scene from the Kaniyamkunnu LP School, Manarcad in Puthupally on September 4, 2023. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement After the high-octane campaign lasting over three weeks, polling in the Puthuppally Assembly segment in Kottayam has begun on a positive note at 7 a.m. on September 5 with voters turning out in huge numbers.…
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NDP looks to take advantage of Liberals’ polling slump by pushing for policy wins: sources
[ad_1] Knowing that the Liberals have little appetite for an election over the coming year, the NDP is looking to push the federal government for more policy concessions, party sources tell Radio-Canada. “[The Liberals] do not want to go to an election and it shows,” a New Democrat source said. With Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s…
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Politics Podcast: Good Or Bad Use Of Polling … Extended Cut
[ad_1] This is a special end-of-meteorological-summer installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast. Galen Druke speaks with pollsters Kristen Soltis Anderson and David Byler in an episode made entirely of “good or bad use of polling” examples. They consider why GOP primary candidate Vivek Ramaswamy polls differently depending on survey methodology, what we can learn from…