Polling
Trump And Republican Senators Are Losing Votes Due To Coronavirus Deaths, A New Study Says
A new study has found that, in states with rising COVID-19 deaths, voter support for Trump and Republican senators has dropped by margins big enough to swing some tight races.
Impeachment Today Podcast: The Word Of The Day Is "Bribery"
House Democrats have started using the term "bribery" to describe Trump's attempts to influence the Ukrainian president.
Should Australia #ChangeTheDate? Polls Vary Depending On What Is Asked
The result you get can depends on how you ask the question and what other questions are asked in the survey.
Paul Manafort's Lawyers Tried To Redact A Court Filing About Whether Manafort Lied To Investigators. It Didn't Work.
Manafort's lawyers filed a response to allegations by special counsel Robert Mueller's office that he lied after signing a plea deal. They tried to keep certain sections secret by redacting, but it was done incorrectly, making the information public.
No One Really Knows What Americans Think About Abortion
Abortion is likely to be a big issue for candidates in the midterms. But research shows we don’t have a good way of polling voters on it.
17 Of The Oddest, Coolest, And Most Beautiful Polling Stations In America
How come these people get ocean views and I vote in a school cafeteria?
Who Are LGBTQ Americans? Here’s A Major Poll On Life, Sex, and Politics.
BuzzFeed News and Whitman Insight Strategies conducted one of the most comprehensive national polls to date on how LGBTQ Americans live in 2018.
The Founder Of Daily Kos Just Launched A Massive New Polling Project
Nearly a million respondents are a deep new data source for Democrats. One early finding: Don't talk about impeachment.
Instagram Stories Adds A Polling Feature
IT'S POLL TIME, BABY!
This Huge New Study Reveals What The British Public Really Want From Brexit
Exclusive: This groundbreaking study reveals that many Remainers want the UK to have full control of immigration and are less enthusiastic about single market membership.
Peter Dutton's Own Electorate Thinks Politicians Should Get On With A Marriage Equality Vote
As gay Liberal MPs hint at crossing the floor to legislate marriage equality, new polling suggests Dutton's electorate would prefer politicians get on with it.
This Is Why The Experts Say You Should Trust The Polls
(And they're probably right.)
President Trump Wants You To Take This Bizarre Survey On Media Bias
"If anything it’s like a fan survey," one expert said of Trump's questions.
Here Are The Leading Theories On Why The Polls Went So Wrong
Election polling is in crisis, as pollsters struggle to understand how they could have missed the surge of Trump voters that prevailed on Election Day.
Polls, Damn Polls, And Statistics
What, exactly, do all these presidential election forecasts do? And with just two weeks left, why are we still clicking them so compulsively?
Three US States Rejected Russia's Trolly Request To Monitor The Elections
Amid Trump's allegations of a "rigged" election, Russia sought to send its officials to polling stations on Nov. 8.
Most Of The World Thinks Things In Their Country Are Getting Worse
According to a new poll from Ipsos, which surveyed people in 25 countries, folks think the world is on the entirely wrong track.
Which White People Support Trump?
Pundits often talk about the “white vote,” but it’s more complicated than that. Voters who say they have German or Italian heritage lean most heavily to Trump and the GOP, a poll run for BuzzFeed News reveals.
The Inconvenient Truths Of Polling That Every Voter Should Know
As US pollsters are forced to abandon tried-and-tested methods, British polling failures provide a cautionary tale.
The Election Probably Won’t Be Won By Hidden Trump Supporters
Some of Trump’s supporters might be embarrassed to admit their preference — but don’t count on them deciding the election.
iPlayer Rule Change Will See Just 2% More Brits Pay The Licence Fee
A poll reveals very few people will be affected by new BBC rules that require all people who watch programmes on the iPlayer to buy a TV licence.
UK Government To Spend £1 Million Polling British Muslims On Extremism
But Muslim leaders said they were concerned that the initiative marked the community out as "suspect".
Here’s How Britain’s Pollsters Think The EU Referendum Might Go
With surveys painting a confusing picture, BuzzFeed News asked the country's top public opinion researchers to help explain what's going on.
No, 92% Of People Don't Want To Leave The EU
The Daily Express front page was based on a survey on its own website.
Why Were The General Election Polls So Wrong, Actually?
You forgot to carry the one!
This Is How 23 Countries Around The World Feel About Abortion
The results of a BuzzFeed News/Ipsos poll are in, including a snapshot of the world’s views on abortion. Among the findings: seemingly popular support in Ireland for changing its abortion laws.
11 Things Hillary Clinton Could Learn From David Cameron
He might be a conservative, but the prime minister's message and tactics could be better suited to the Democrats than the Republicans.
Which Party's Voters Believe The Weirdest Things?
Like which political tribe thinks we're most likely to be destroyed by zombies?
The 19 Most Important Moments In Australian Polling Day History
Voting is compulsory and glorious.
This Is How Just A Handful Of People Can Influence An Opinion Poll
We throw polling figures at each other in conversation -- but should we? We find out how polls are carried out, and how few people are required to actually change the results.
12 Graphs That Show Why No One Knows Who Will Win The Next Election
Predicting who will be in government after the next election is a challenge and a half. Here's why.
Scotland's No Voters Feel Threatened, Afraid To Speak Out, And Think Their Country Is More Divided
Exclusive polling by YouGov for BuzzFeed News reveals the extent to which Scotland's No voters think the country has changed during the referendum campaign.
Most People Who Voted Lib Dem Last Time Regret It
Ed Miliband's hopes of being Prime Minister rest on convincing disaffected Lib Dems to vote for him. But will they stick with Labour?
Poll: Obama's Approval Rating Hasn't Been This Bad Since The First Debate With Romney
Public Policy Polling's latest national survey shows no one's doing well in Washington these days.
Congress Polling Just Above Car Salespeople In "Honesty"
Only one out of ten Americans polled by Gallup rate the honesty and ethical standards of Congressional members as "very high" or "high," ranking lawmakers just below advertising professionals and above only car salespeople on a list of twenty-two professions.
The Republicans' Other Internal Numbers Predicted Defeat
Romney was reportedly shocked that his internal numbers were proven wrong on Election Day. Left out of that narrative: Alex Gage's maps.
Messina: Obama Won On The Small Stuff
Romney aide admits: "We thought the game would be one thing, and it ended up being another.”
Joe Scarborough: "If I'm Betting, I'm Betting On The President"
MSNBC's conservative morning host hedges that bet with a reminder that liberal elites in Manhattan were convinced Jimmy Carter would beat Ronald Reagan in 1980.
Romney Campaign Brushes Off "538" Projections
Nate Silver's newest reader: Stu Stevens.
The Secret Economy Of Pollsters
With less two weeks left until the election, pollsters are churning out 20 state and national polls a day — all for attention. "Politics is not a major source of income, but it is a major source of branding," says Zogby.
Alex Jones Follower Viciously Trolls Polling Firm For Not Polling For Infowars
Unskewed? Public Policy Polling a "biased, New World Order-friendly polling organization."
Portman: Internals Show "It's A Dead Heat" In Ohio
Top surrogate and debate sparring partner says Romney has pulled even in Ohio, as he raises expectations for tonight's town hall.
How The Economy Collapsed (As a Political Issue)
Republicans and Democrats no longer have the same facts. It's the perceptual bias, stupid.
Conservative Polling Alternative Plans Expansion
Dean Chambers, the man behind Unskewedpolls.com, looks to "unskew" the media and politics. His numbers have given Republicans "a boost of confidence."
Conservatives Embrace Alternate Polling Reality
Dean Chambers, founder of unskewedpolls.com, has reweighted national polling data based on Rasmussen partisan trends. His results give Romney a wide lead.
Obama Campaign Manager Reassures Jittery Supporters In Video Message
"We knew this was gonna be a tough race," Jim Messina says. "We knew that once Mitt Romney locked up the nomination, Republicans would get behind him and this race would be tight — just like we always knew it would be."
Should You Trust Newt Gingrich's Favorite Pollster?
Matt Towery is an old Gingrich friend with a colorful past whose poll numbers often favor his fellow Georgian. “Any suggestion that I poll favorably towards him would be untrue," he tells BuzzFeed
In Huntsman HQ, Wishing For Another Day
The Utahn is closing, his supporters believe, but maybe not fast enough.
Stephen Colbert Polling Higher Than Jon Huntsman In South Carolina
So much for "Huntsmentum." (Via TPM)
Charlie Sheen Beating Sarah Palin In Presidential Polling
No, seriously. Public Policy Polling, apparently bored with their jobs, found that Sheen was beating Palin amongst all-important independent voters in a hypothetical presidential match-up. Duh. Full results here.
