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  • In the Public Square: Surveying partisanship
  • It’s all about the nonlinearity: An interesting statistical example of flaws in a voter impact index
  • Democracy Has a Math Problem No Country Can Fully Solve

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rappler.com /1 month ago

In the Public Square: Surveying partisanship

How do we make sense of the factions and partisanship that now define Philippine politics?

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statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu /1 month ago

It’s all about the nonlinearity: An interesting statistical example of flaws in a voter impact index

The following came in the email the other day: I’m reaching out to introduce the Voter Impact Index, a new data tool from PowerMoves that assigns every U.S. zip code a voter impact...

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scitechdaily.com /1 month ago

Democracy Has a Math Problem No Country Can Fully Solve

Mathematics shows that every electoral system must compromise among proportionality, local representation, and parliament size. Denmark’s 2022 national election came down to a sing...

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theblaze.com /2 weeks ago

Is it time to axe political polling? Firm collapses after admitting its numbers were a ‘social experiment’

Median Strategies, which presented itself as an independent polling and research firm, recently shut down after the Los Angeles Times exposed it for fabricating a survey showing a...

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independent.co.uk /4 days ago

Democrats outnumber Republicans in new poll ahead of midterms

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conservativehome.com /3 weeks ago

John Oxley: The Prisons crisis is a classic example of the dangers of not knowing how to count

Arithmetic doesn't care which party is in office. Politicians who cannot bring themselves to run the numbers forward, on prisons or anything else, will keep meeting their future as...

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statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu /3 weeks ago

The improvement in political analysis in the past 25 years, as demonstrated by excellent demonstrations of statistical w...

As with baseball, football, and basketball (and I’m sure other sports too), the standard of political analytics is just so much higher than it was, decades ago. I was talking with...

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newsroom.co.nz /1 week ago

Labour to MДЃori voters at campaign launch: You do the maths

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politicalwire.com /2 weeks ago

Why Polling Chaos Could Create Big Problems for Politics

New York Times: “Polls are traditionally used to measure public opinion, not mold it. But this year, several Democratic campaigns have seized on unreliable polls to push the percep...

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washingtonmonthly.com /3 weeks ago

Should We Ever Trust Polls Again? 

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politicalwire.com /1 month ago

Introducing Whip Count

A popular suggestion in the recent member survey was to offer a way for readers to weigh in on the biggest political stories of the day beyond just commenting. So I’m testing Whip...

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redstate.com /6 days ago

Leftists Hardest Hit After Eye-Raising Poll Drops Stunning Generic Congressional Ballot Numbers

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politicalwire.com /2 weeks ago

Political Operatives Warn Don’t Trust Prediction Markets

“The slow decline of traditional polling has left politicos, who are always desperate for numbers, in a lurch,” NOTUS reports. “Two venture-backed prediction market companies are o...

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statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu /1 month ago

Survey Statistics: quantifying uncertainty in ranked choice voting polls

We’ve talked about uncertainty in polls (see Margin of Error, Total Margin of Error, Total Margin of Error II) and we’ve talked about ranked data (see exploded logit !). A new pape...

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natlawreview.com /3 weeks ago

Gerrymander Wars: Outlook for the 2026 Midterm House Elections

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seekingalpha.com /4 weeks ago

Politics And The Markets 08/11/26

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realclearpolitics.com /1 week ago

Betting on Politics: Who Wins the U.S. Senate?

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nytimes.com /2 weeks ago

Why Polling Chaos Could Create Big Problems for American Politics

Bad polls. Misleading betting odds. Surveys meant to shape narratives. Ahead of the midterms and 2028, there is suddenly serious confusion about candidate strength and voter sentim...

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thespinoff.co.nz /1 month ago

What we know about the Opportunity Party vote, in six charts

Where supporters come from, the government they want, and how a tiny sliver could completely change the election result.  The National Party has ruled out any post-election deal wi...

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seekingalpha.com /1 month ago

Politics And The Markets 08/03/26

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nymag.com /2 weeks ago

Despite Primary Whiffs, Poll Haters Are Still Wrong

Yes, there have been some misfires in 2026 primary polling. But ignoring data isn’t the solution.

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statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu /1 month ago

A ranked-choice election in Maine: Using voting data to understand preferences

Evan Rosenman writes: The implosion of Graham Platner’s Senate campaign in Maine has upended a marquee Senate race, leaving the state Democratic party just a few weeks to choose a...

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npr.org /3 weeks ago

Polls everywhere in primary season. Can they be trusted?

How reliable are political polls right now? NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben speaks to G. Elliott Morris from the data-driven news website, Strength In Numbers.

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politicsnc.com /1 week ago

Adding districts to the equation

Political prognosticator Charlie Cook says Republicans may be facing a nightmare scenario, putting seats in play that should be safe for Republicans.

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