On this week’s episode of Poll Hub, the nation faces a time of chaos and crisis. How do Americans perceive the history-making events confronting the nation? We analyze the data. Then, it’s a common refrain. President Donald Trump has a problem with a poll. Is the criticism warranted? We break […] Read more »
Trump Demands CNN Retract a Poll, as OANN Teases a Rosier View
President Trump’s re-election campaign has sued several news outlets for coverage it deemed unflattering. On Wednesday, the president’s team added a new wrinkle to its media intimidation tactics: demanding that a TV network retract a poll it did not like. In an unusual cease-and-desist letter, the Trump campaign called on […] Read more »
Trump campaign demands CNN apologize for poll that shows Biden leading
President Donald Trump’s campaign is demanding CNN retract and apologize for a recent poll that showed him well behind presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. The demand, coming in the form of a cease and desist letter to CNN President Jeff Zucker, was immediately rejected by the network. “We stand […] Read more »
This is Trump’s most spectacularly wonderfully terrible tweet ever
I mean, where do I start? I’m tempted to start by noting the staggering irony of President Trump insisting on Twitter that a new poll showing him losing by a wide margin to former vice president Joe Biden relies on the same bad math that convinced a slew of Republicans […] Read more »
Are State Polls Any Better Than They Were in 2016?
To most, Joe Biden’s clear lead in recent state polls suggests that he has the early edge in the race for the presidency. To others, it’s not so meaningful. After all, Hillary Clinton also held a clear lead in the state polls, and yet Donald J. Trump won the election. […] Read more »
Surprising Poll Results: People Are Now Happy to Pick Up the Phone
… As the coronavirus has swept across the country, it has stolen millions of jobs and thrust people everywhere into acute financial insecurity. It has also forced the majority of the population to shelter in place. But in an industry where rejection is a normal part of a day’s work […] Read more »