The parking lot of Citifield, the home of the New York Mets, sits empty.
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Nearly three-quarters of fans say they won’t attend games until a vaccine has been developed.
Polls and surveys use random sampling. Why not pandemic testing?
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Researchers and public health officials still don’t know how widespread nor how deadly the coronavirus really is. Random testing is a way to quickly and easily learn this important information.
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Respondents wanted to look after older generations more than they wanted to focus on post-crisis growth.
42% of media coverage of the 2016 election focused on the horserace.
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Polls have become an essential component of the news coverage of presidential campaigns. That may affect who voters decide to back on an election day.
President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally on Jan. 28 in Wildwood, New Jersey.
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In a survey, Trump supporters showed the lowest faith in the Supreme Court, the federal government, the media and other pillars of society.
Before the primary, Buttigieg said his campaign had the ‘strongest momentum.’
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When candidates beat pollsters’ expectations, that can mean more positive media coverage.
President Donald Trump addresses the nation from the White House on Iran’s ballistic missile strike against Iraqi air bases housing U.S. troops.
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In recent years, voters have shifted their views on issues based upon the positions of politicians – even when that shift clashes with their ideology.
The identity that people choose most often is actually ‘independent’ – not Democratic or Republican.
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The true number of people who do not favor either of the two major political parties in the US has actually remained stable in recent years.
Protesters during a demonstration in front of the British Embassy in Tehran, Iran on Jan. 12.
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Since President Donald Trump took office, Iranians have held a more unfavorable view of the US.
Senator Huey Long at the Capitol in 1935.
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The very first scientific horse race poll, which took place 85 years ago, was shrouded in secrecy and may have changed history – even though it was faulty.
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Ever wondered why there are always so many people in the undecided column in an election poll?
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Tactical voting and shifting party allegiances mean the final week could change everything.
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A look at the challenges of producing and consuming election polls.
Nearly half of Australians aged 18-24 view climate change as the biggest problem facing Australia in new national survey.
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The annual Scanlon Foundation survey found nearly half those aged 18-24 viewed climate change as the biggest problem facing Australia, compared to 12% of those aged 35-44 and 8% of those aged over 75.
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Things could have been quite different if Jeremy Corbyn swung more decisively to Remain or if Jo Swinson hadn’t been in such a rush to the polls.
Citizens face a barrage of polling information before an election and evidence suggests they don’t know what to do with it.
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Study shows voters struggle to take media bias into account – even when they are explicitely told it’s there.
People line up to vote in the 2008 election in Arlington, Virginia.
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Voters are primarily partisans, and they respond to party signals – even when they claim otherwise.
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Division among the opposition parties continues to play into Boris Johnson’s hands.
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Based on current trends, the UK could be heading for a hung parliament.
Online discussion doesn’t always accurately reflect the real political landscape.
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Political campaigns and journalists often turn to social media to see how voters feel about an election. But the numbers they see there may not accurately reflect the electorate’s views.