Presidential poll volatility continues to spark public anxiety. Public opinion surveys have shown lots of variation, notably in early voting States.
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New App Seeks to Establish a Prediction Market for 2020 Election
Prediction market and derivatives platform Veil announced Wednesday that it deployed a new version of Augur, the decentralized prediction market protocol.
Why Blood Donors Are So Likely to Turnout to Vote
Why blood donors are so likely to turnout to vote is a write-up that shows how consciousness of civic duty, can boast electoral turnout regressions.
Thoughts on Government
There are three flaws in our government: the way we maintain our laws, the way we tax, and the way we select our representatives. Until we improve, we cannot sunset bad laws or improve the way we tax.
Ex Trump Lawyer Cohen Paid Man to Rig Online Polls
President Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen admitted Thursday that he paid a man in 2015 to rig online opinion polls to favor Trump.
VIDEO: How Polling Techniques Have Changed Since Last Election
Can polls be trusted? In 2016, polls in key states showed Hillary Clinton winning handily. Donald Trump won all three. What have we learned since then?
VIDEO: How FiveThirtyEight Calculates Data Of A Divided Nation
Nate Silver’s FiveThirtyEight blog burst onto the political scene in 2008, when he forecasted the popular vote for president within one percentage point.
Polling Mischief in Maine Shows Why We Need Ranked Choice Voting
Let’s make sure whoever wins this election actually has the support of a majority of Mainers. Let’s bring legitimacy back to our elections, and not shenanigans. Everyone needs to get behind ranked choice voting!
VIDEO: The Intersection of Technology and Polling Data
When it comes to elections, too much of the public focuses only at who is leading in polls. People who analyze opinion polls often make the same mistakes.
Why Purple Districts Elect the Most Extreme Legislators
Study titled “Geography, Uncertainty, and Polarization” has some revealing insight into American political polarization