Big-name Democrats are campaigning in Virginia’s race for governor. Does that help candidates? Karina Mondragon, Christopher Stout, and Cara Nixon - October 24, 2021 They won’t change minds. But Obama, Abrams and Bottoms are likely to help get more Black voters to cast ballots.
Black women are willing to wait longer in line to vote than any other demographic group Costas Panagopoulos - April 21, 2021 Black voters’ greater determination to vote — despite longer lines — may influence election results
Which 2020 election polls were most — and least — accurate? Kyle Endres and Costas Panagopoulos - November 25, 2020 Some were on the nose. Overall, though, they did worse than in 2016.
Liberals and conservatives see sexual harassment claims very differently. This explains why. der Linden and Costas Panagopoulos - December 14, 2018 [caption id="attachment_78414" align="alignleft" width="960"] Then-Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh
Even if Trump is as smart as he says he is, does it matter? Maybe not. Kendall Bailey and Costas Panagopoulos - February 14, 2018 https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/im-like-a-smart-person-a-year-of-trump-talking-about-trump/2018/01/19/70adc8fc-fd8f-11e7-9b5d-bbf0da31214d_video.html President Trump is a self-proclaimed “very stable genius,” who
Did Comey give Trump the presidency? We don’t think so. Costas Panagopoulos and Aaron Weinschenk - September 18, 2017 With the release of Hillary Clinton’s campaign memoir last week,
Do military veterans really win more elections? Only in ‘purple’ districts. Jeremy Teigen - July 20, 2017 [caption id="attachment_61162" align="aligncenter" width="960"] The last two presidential elections are
Which was the most accurate national poll in the 2016 presidential election? John Sides - December 5, 2016 An underappreciated fact about last month's presidential election: the national
Mythical swing voter update Andrew Gelman - August 21, 2014 [caption id="attachment_12923" align="aligncenter" width="908"] (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)[/caption] We received
A Second Look at National Pollster Accuracy John Sides - November 7, 2012 Here are two more takes at it. First, courtesy of
The Accuracy of the Final National Polls John Sides - November 7, 2012 Fordham University political scientist Costas Panagopoulos has compared the last
Clean Elections vs. Political Speech Joshua Tucker - March 23, 2011 One of the "goals of The Monkey Cage":https://themonkeycage.org/2007/11/why_this_blog.html is to
Compulsory voting and voter turnout - February 8, 2009 It is the right of American citizens to vote in