by George | Aug 2, 2026 | Voting
Two likely voter polls can show different results without either poll being dishonest or careless. The difference often starts with one question: who counts as part of the electorate? A registered-voter poll describes the views of people who say they can vote. A...
by George | Aug 1, 2026 | Voting
A single highlighted cell can make a poll look decisive when the wider table tells a different story. Poll cross-tabs are useful, but they’re easy to misuse when the subgroup is small, the denominator changes, or the question wording gets ignored. The safest...
by George | Jul 28, 2026 | Voting
A statistic can look precise and still hide the most important facts. A news story may report that “40% of voters support a policy,” but leave out who was surveyed, when the survey ran, and how many people answered. Finding original data sources means...
by George | Jul 1, 2026 | Voting
In 2024, the biggest voting bloc was not Democrats or Republicans. It was the people who stayed home. Depending on the measure, about 64% to 65.3% of eligible Americans voted, which still leaves roughly 90 million eligible nonvoters. That group is not one mood, one...
by George | Jun 30, 2026 | Voting
A single poll can look like a verdict, but it is only a snapshot. When we read it as prophecy, we end up with headlines that are louder than the evidence. That is where polling errors do the most damage. They do not just affect numbers on a chart. They shape the way...
by George | Jul 7, 2025 | Voting
Stopping Zohran: Why the New York Mayor Election Is a Wake-Up Call for America When people think of the New York mayor election and Zohran Mamdani’s candidacy, they might see just another race in a busy city. But this isn’t just politics as usual. There’s a sense that...
