Pollsters track the presidential campaign closely these days, and fresh reports of who leads the race appear daily. Trouble is, the results often conflict and even contradict each other.Gribbin, August
While Harris may be leading in national polls, the race is much tighter in the key swing states. These states, which include Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Florida, Arizona, Nevada, and Georgia, are critical to winning the presidency. Polling in these areas shows that ...
Who is leading national polls? In the months leading up to Biden’s decision to drop out of the race, polls consistently showed him trailing former president Trump. Although hypothetical at the time, several polls suggested Harris wouldn’t fare much better. But the race tightened after she hi...
We recently had the opportunity to post a guest entry at one of our favorite data visualization blogs – Flowing Data. In it, we examined to what extent election polls and election betting data are correlated and whether one leads or lags the other. Chec
Harris criticized Trump’s ties with the Russian leader, who she has called a ‘murderous dictator.’ Cecelia Smith-SchoenwalderOct. 16, 2024 Trump’s Short Senate Coattails Several GOP Senate contenders are underperforming in states where former President Donald Trump is leading in the polls by...
WHO is urging leaders attending the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) to guarantee equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines and other life-saving tools; ensure the world is better prepared to respond to future pandemics; and renew efforts to achieve the Sustainable Develo...
“Andy Boy killed himself yesterday.” My husband’s words felt like a punch to my chest. Whooosh. All the air is gone and instantly the world feels a little lonelier. Andy and his wife, Andy Girl, were my husband’s landlords in Denver when we were dating and then engaged, 26 years...
The race for the White House is heating up as both President Biden and former President Trump have nearly clinched their parties’ nominations. Trump became the first candidate to jump into the contest when he announced in November 2022 that he would see
Right now, the USA accounts for fully one third of the cases of Covid-19 in the world. Their cases have exploded to over a million, and Trump, as expected has made it all about him and the sterling job he’s doing leading the country out of crisis (hint: he’s not). ...
“I believe America is ready for a better kind of politics,” Buttgieg said. “Yes, politics at its worst can be ugly, crushing, demeaning. But it doesn’t have to be.” He excoriated former President Donald Trump, whom he said “talks about the forgotten man, hoping that we’...