2010 (849 entries)

25% ≠ 0%
538 Model Posits Brown as 3:1 Favorite
538 Still Rates Massachusetts as Toss-up
A Qualified Defense of Pat Robertson
Are Coakley Voters Too Ashamed to be Polled?
Defying Odds, Republican Brown Becomes Next Senator from Massachusetts
Did the Speech Work?
Haiti and United States Inextricably Linked
Massachusetts Chart of the Day
Obama Approval Under 50 Percent Among Massachusetts Likely Voters?
On the Future and Branding of Scott Brown
Please Don't Run, Harold
Post-Partisanship Epic Fail?
Preventing Another Clinton-Obama Primary Fiasco
Six Quick Things
What Killed Obama's Approval Numbers?
What Obama Shouldn't Learn from Steve Jobs
White House Readies Gamble On High-Speed Ping-Pong
Is Rasmussen Reports Biased?
Healthcare Spending and Life Expectancy
The Skies Are as Friendly as Ever: 9/11, Al Qaeda Obscure Statistics on Airline Safety
The Skies Are as Friendly as Ever: 9/11, Al Qaeda Obscure Statistics on Airline Safety
Putting the [R] in [R]asmussen?
Wicked Awesome Thoughts on Massachusetts Special Election
Rassachusetts: Why a Poll May be Terribly, Horribly Wrong — And Why Democrats Should be Worried Anyway
North Dakota: #1 With a Bullet
Tea Partiers Bag Another One
Dodd Joins Dorgan on Sidelines; Blumenthal Enters as Heavy Favorite
2010 Senate Races Present Rewards, but Higher Risks for Democrats
The Retirement Paradox: What’s Strategic for the Politician is Not So Good for the Party
This is Great News! For Sarah Palin! (Really)
Rasmussen, Teabaggers, and Type II Error
Afghanistan – U.S. Politics in 2010
Might Coakley Lose?
Battle of the Massachusetts Polls
As Spotlight Shines on Reid, Re-Election Prospects Dim
Preventing Another Clinton-Obama Primary Fiasco
Massachusetts Chart of the Day
Divorce Rates Higher in States with Gay Marriage Bans
Politics of Afghanistan Part II
Massachusetts: It’s Not Just About Turnout
Please Don’t Run, Harold
Haiti and United States Inextricably Linked
DCC Trying to Encourage Regional Primaries
Vicki and the Tea Partiers
With or Without Reid, Poll Suggests Trouble For Dems in Nevada
OK, It’s a Toss-Up
Liberal Website Helpfully Tests Messages Against Vulnerable Democrat, Finds Them Wanting
A Qualified Defense of Pat Robertson
One Massachusetts Poll That Democrats Shouldn’t Panic About
Scott Brown is a Liberal Republican
A Statistical Ray of Hope for Coakley
538 Still Rates Massachusetts as Toss-up
Massachusetts Model Mayhem
Trendspotting in Massachusetts
A Hung Parliament? (From the Gallows, Perhaps?)
Obama Approval Under 50 Percent Among Massachusetts Likely Voters?
The Coakley-Brown Intangibles
538 Model Posits Brown as 3:1 Favorite
25% ≠ 0%
White House Readies Gamble On High-Speed Ping-Pong
Martha Choakley?
Are Coakley Voters Too Ashamed to be Polled?
Six Quick Things
Defying Odds, Republican Brown Becomes Next Senator from Massachusetts
On the Future and Branding of Scott Brown
Let’s Play the Blame Game!
Post-Partisanship Epic Fail?
Scott Brown is More Liberal Than Olympia Snowe, and Now He’s Pivotal, Too
Is Health Care Reform the new Iraq War?
Will the Base Abandon Hope?
Senate Rankings: Post-Masspocalypse Edition
Health Care Polls: Opinion Gap or Information Gap?
1. Reconciliation! 2. ??? 3. Profit!
Massachusetts Liked Universal Health Care Before It Voted Against It
Massachusetts Liked Universal Health Care Before It Voted Against It
Iraq’s Electoral Uncertainty Threatens Fragile Peace
International Affairs Intern w/ FiveThirtyEight
The Fits and Starts Expansion
Senate Rankings Update: Delaware, Indiana, Nevada
The Risks of Compromise
The White House’s Brain Freeze
Why Obama Shouldn’t Panic
Evan Bayh To Oppose Procedure That Makes Evan Bayh Unimportant
This President Ought to Know Better
After Massachusetts, Road to 218 is Long and Winding
What Obama Shouldn’t Learn from Steve Jobs
Liveblogging Obama’s State of Union
Clashing Hues in Richmond
Did the Speech Work?
Obama’s SOTU: Clintonian, In a Good Way
Arlen Specter May Be Screwed, But He Probably Isn’t THIS Screwed
Prime Minister’s Questions: Iraq
What Killed Obama’s Approval Numbers?
Democrats Need a Proactive Messaging Strategy
An In-Depth Look at Fourth Quarter GDP
Enough is Enough
An In-Depth Look At the Federal Budget
Coats and Coons
Did the Blair House Summit Change Anything?
Freedom's Just Another Word for Nothing Left to Lose
Go For It! Saints Understand Value of Aggressive Play-Calling
Is 56 is the New 60?
Is It The Process, Stupid?
Left-Right Populism, Part 1
Parallels to 1994 Are Superficial, but Results May be the Same
Paterson Bows Out
President Rallies Fellow Democrats
Republicans Must Defend Senate Seats Too
Sarah Palin Needs Help
Super Bowl Thread: Take the Points
The Tea Pauliers
There's More Than One Way to Lose a Majority
Vancouver Medal Count Projections: Day 15
Vancouver Medal Count Projections: Day 4
Vancouver Medal Count Projections: Day 6
Vancouver Medal Count Projections: Day 9
In Illinois, Both Sides Exaggerate Electability Arguments
In Illinois, Both Sides Exaggerate Electability Arguments
Better to be Strong and Wrong -- Especially When You're Actually Right
Better to be Strong and Wrong — Especially When You’re Actually Right
The Health Care Information Gap: More Information Needed
The Health Care Information Gap: More Information Needed
IL Primaries: Giannoulias v. Kirk, Both Gubernatorial Races Too Close to Call
Recount All But Assured in Illinois Gubernatorial Primary
McGOP: The Virtues and Vices of Sameness
Coats and Coons
A Few Questions about #QuestionTime
A Look At Employment
President Rallies Fellow Democrats
Instant Run-Off Proposed by Brown
What if Senators Represented People By Income or Race, Not By State?
Super Bowl Thread: Take the Points
Go For It! Saints Understand Value of Aggressive Play-Calling
Sarah Palin Needs Help
Is It The Process, Stupid?
Republicans — Not Obama — More Often on Wrong Side of Public Opinion
A First Look at Palin’s Primary Math
Republicans are Conservative — but are they this Conservative?
Freedom’s Just Another Word for Nothing Left to Lose
What Is Government Waste?
Like Feds, States Deep In Red Too
Democrats Don’t Know the Way Forward
For UK Conservatives, It’s The MP Ratio That Matters
White House May Actually Articulate Specific Position on Health Care
Foreign Aid Spending Is Crippling Our Budget...NOT
Foreign Aid Spending Is Crippling Our Budget…NOT
Consensus Olympic Medal Count Projections: Day 3
Consensus Olympic Medal Count Projections: Day 3
Bayh, Relative to His State, Was Valuable to Democrats
Bayh, Relative to His State, Was Valuable to Democrats
Non-Strategic Retirement
Vancouver Medal Count Projections: Day 4
Republicans Must Defend Senate Seats Too
Buh-Bayh
Vancouver Medal Count Projections: Day 5
Vancouver Medal Count Projections: Day 6
Can You Trust Those FireDogLake Polls?
Black-Robed Legislators on the Bench
Vancouver Medal Count Projections: Day 7
Parallels to 1994 Are Superficial, but Results May be the Same
Livestock Microfinance an Option for the Future?
Vancouver Medal Count Projections: Day 8
Newtered
The Tea Pauliers
Vancouver Medal Count Projections: Day 9
An In-Depth Look At the Federal Budget
Canada Not Owning the Podium
Canada Not Owning the Podium
There’s More Than One Way to Lose a Majority
Is 56 is the New 60?
Hindsight and Health Care
Vancouver Medal Count Projections: Day 11
A Few Final Thoughts on the Ublicpay Optionway
Vancouver Medal Count Projections: Day 12
Vancouver Medal Count Projections: Day 13
In Support of Question Time: Congressman Kendrick Meek
The Myth of the Incumbent 50% Rule
Did the Blair House Summit Change Anything?
Karzai’s Newest Power Play
Paterson Bows Out
Vancouver Medal Count Projections: Day 14
Vancouver Medal Count Projections: Day 15
US Manufacturing Is Not Dead
Left-Right Populism, Part 1
Can Democrats "Win" The Midterms?
Charlie's Sorry Choices
Constitutionality of Mandatory Insurance
Good Timing: The Role of Quantitative Political Science and Political Reporting in Shaping Perceptions
Healthcare Goes South
House Effects, Retro-Style
Incredible Izzo Again Defies Odds
Is Florida Still a Swing State?
It's Complicated!
It's Not About Race -- Unless I Say It Is!
Left-Right Populism, Part 2
Maryland as Microcosm
Massa v. Beck Celebrity Crazy Match
Massa's Cancer
NCAA Tournament Odds -- and Some Advice on Pool Strategy
On the Appeal of Repeal
Passage Almost Certain, But Number of Votes Unclear
Some Cautious Optimism on Health Care Whip Count
The Difference Six Years Make
The Fourth Branch
The Obama Surge Vote and 2010, Part 1
The Progressives' Bad Bluff
Time to Start Counting Yes Votes
Why Liberals (Suddenly) Love the Health Care Bill
Winter Olympics Balance of Power Shifting Toward U.S., Asia
Obama’s No F.D.R. — Nor Does He Have F.D.R.’s Majority
Lincoln Logs a Challenger as Halter Tries to Halt Her — But are Democrats Spinning their Wheels?
The Difference Six Years Make
Left-Right Populism, Part 2
In Texas, Anti-Washington Trumps Anti-Incumbent
Popularity of Health Care Bill Unchanged Since House Vote in November
Is Obamacare a Favorite to Pass?
House Effects, Retro-Style
A Closer Look At the Beige Book
New Feature: UK Election Backgrounders
Rich County, Blue County
Charlie’s Sorry Choices
Massa v. Beck Celebrity Crazy Match
Senate Race Rankings Update, 3/10
Massa’s Cancer
House Effects Render Poll-Reading Difficult
Breaking News: U.S. and U.K. Redistricting Processes Equally Boneheaded
Maryland as Microcosm
Lame Excuses on Public Option, but no “Scam”
Stats Say Kucinich may be Least Valuable Democrat
UK Swing Voters Endanger Tory Lead
Some Cautious Optimism on Health Care Whip Count
Two Pictures Tell the Story on Health Care Debate
Redistricting Process Perhaps Not as Boneheaded in U.K. as in U.S.
Coffee Party Founder, Disappointed in OFA, Charts New Course for Grassroots Activism
Which Democrats are under Primary Pressure on Health Care Vote?
Progressives’ Strategic Choices on Health Care Likely Made Little Difference
Why Liberals (Suddenly) Love the Health Care Bill
NCAA Tournament Odds -- and Some Advice on Pool Strategy
NCAA Tournament Odds — and Some Advice on Pool Strategy
The Obama Surge Vote and 2010, Part 1
Time to Start Counting Yes Votes
The Progressives’ Bad Bluff
Throw All The Bums Out? Bad Idea.
A Closer Look At Inflation
It’s Complicated!
The Margolies-Mezvinsky Goes To…
Stupak to Vote Yes?
What We Learned
Passage Almost Certain, But Number of Votes Unclear
UPDATED: Whip Counts Now Show Democrats With 216+ Solid Yes Votes
Rules Vote Points Toward ~220 Yeas On Final Passage
Health Care Finale Liveblog
Obama’s Share Determined Dems’ Votes on ObamaCare
Good Timing: The Role of Quantitative Political Science and Political Reporting in Shaping Perceptions
On the Appeal of Repeal
Trading Markets See Ambiguous Impact from Health Care Passage
The Fourth Branch
A Closer Look At Inflation
If There’s A Bounce, Will It Hold?
Constitutionality of Mandatory Insurance
Senate Forecast Update, 3/24
Healthcare Goes South
Are Democrats Better Off for Having Passed Health Care? Yes — and No.
Iraqi Election Goes Down to the Wire
Can Democrats “Win” The Midterms?
What is the Bond Market Telling Us?
Obama Surge Vote and 2010, Part 2
Incredible Izzo Again Defies Odds
UK Polling Numbers Not Sufficiently Precise (Yet) to Project
Is Florida Still a Swing State?
It’s Not About Race — Unless I Say It Is!
No Evidence that Red States are Lagging on Census
538's UK Coverage in the Guardian
A Theory of Relativity
Consolidate the Base, Then Move to the Center
Do Manhattanites Get Their Money's Worth?
Encouraging Employment Data...Sort Of
Gallup: Plurality of Americans Like Arizona Immigration Law
Has Augusta Gone Soft?
How Weak Is the GOP's 2012 Field?
Is the Lib-Dem Surge For Real? (Part 1: The Problem)
Labour Danger: Uniform Swing Calculations May Understate Risk to Incumbents
Newt Gingrich: Dominated Strategy?
Obama Surge Vote, Part 3: House Races
On That Other Three-Way Race...
Wrong Arguments that Sound Right
Drill, Barry, Drill
Study Claiming Link Between Stimulus Funding and Partisanship is Manifestly Flawed
Veronique de Rugy Responds to Critique of Stimulus Study
Encouraging Employment Data…Sort Of
Getting It “Right” on the UK Numbers
The Best Jobs Report In a Long Time
Att’n: City-Dwellers
Obama Surge Vote, Part 3: House Races
A Teacup Half-Full
Jonah Goldberg, Quarter Slave (Conceptually)
538’s UK Coverage in the Guardian
Jonah Goldberg, Anti-Maldistributionist
Democrats are Enthusiastic; Republicans are More So
Is an Anti-Islam Wave Hitting Europe?
Generic Ballot Points Toward Possible 50+ Seat Loss for Democrats
Has Augusta Gone Soft?
Supremes Get Ready for Encore
A Theory of Relativity
Southern Republicans Prefer Romney?
Do Manhattanites Get Their Money’s Worth?
Newt Gingrich: Dominated Strategy?
New Data on Tea Party Sympathizers
Additional Information on New York Neighborhood Ratings
Additional Information on New York Neighborhood Ratings
Why Turnout Matters
Consolidate the Base, Then Move to the Center
Pollster Responds to Your Questions
Specter Remains Vulnerable in Primary
Romney, Not Paul, Fares Best in ’12 Matchups
Tea Party Bears Beck’s Imprint
You Asked For It, You Got It
Use of Likely Voter Model Does Not Explain Rasmussen “House Effect”
Is Deflation the Real Problem?
Selection bias in UK polling (Part 1): Cell phones
Selection Bias in UK Polling (Part 2): Internet Polling
Double Down by the Numbers: Unhealthiest Sandwich Ever?
Is the Lib-Dem Surge For Real? (Part 1: The Problem)
Do Democrats Have a Dodd Problem?
How Similar Are Tea Party and Perot Movements?
Wrong Arguments that Sound Right
Is the Lib-Dem Surge For Real? (Part 2: Target Seats)
How Weak Is the GOP’s 2012 Field?
Rubio’s Path Easiest, Crist’s Challenging, in Potential Three-Way Race
Senate Forecast Update: Little Chance of GOP Takeover, but Dem Position Remains Precarious
On Goldman
Labour Danger: Uniform Swing Calculations May Understate Risk to Incumbents
Stop, Drop and Poll
Utah’s Bennett May Be First Incumbent Casualty
Obama, Immigration and The Latino Vote
Kaine: “Republicans Are the Obstruction People”
UK Seats Projection: Tories 299, Labour 199, LibDems 120
UK Seats Projection: Tories 299, Labour 199, LibDems 120
Post-UK Debate Scenarios
Strong Second by LibDems Could Help Tories
On That Other Three-Way Race…
Gallup: Plurality of Americans Like Arizona Immigration Law
How Our UK Forecast Model Works
A New Poll of 500 Political Junkies...
Department of Colossally Stupid Ideas: Repeal 17th Amendment
Don't Take Polling Literally, Part #39916
Is the Lib-Dem Surge for Real? (Part 3: Strategy)
Might This Be a Good Time for Instant Runoff?
Rising Optimism in the White House?
Sestakular!
Today's Democratic Senate Primaries
UK Quick and Dirty
Unemployment and Educational Achievement
Utah Will Have New Senator
Wisconsin Senate: Feingold 46%, Smithee (R) 44%
Third Time’s the Charm for Cameron
Nerdfight: UK Election Model Methodology
A Closer Look At Friday’s GDP Report
Is the Lib-Dem Surge for Real? (Part 3: Strategy)
Nerdfight: Episode IV — Return of the Tories
UK Election: “Frankenstein” Win for Labour Still Possible
How Far Right, Hoosier Republicans?
Conservatives Climb To 308 in UK Seats Projection; Labour 198, LibDems 113
Rising Optimism in the White House?
The Incumbency Effect in the UK
Today’s Democratic Senate Primaries
Guest Article: UK Elections Modelling, The Third Way
Guest Article: UK Elections Modelling, The Third Way
NC Runoff, Coats and Fisher Win Amid Light Turnout
A Hung Parliament Could Work Well For Cameron
Dino Rossi: #51?
Final UK Projection: Conservatives 312, Labour 204, LibDems 103
UK Election Day Scenarios
Scotland: An Electoral Bastion for Labour
UK Quick and Dirty
Liveblog: UK Election Returns
UK Election Returns: Overnight Blog
Telephone Polls Closer to Mark in UK
Hyundai’s Very Undude Car Ads
Utah Will Have New Senator
Unemployment and Educational Achievement
Why Southern Republicans Are “Raising Arizona”
On Kagan’s Minority Hiring Record
Sestakular!
The Protestant-Free Court
UK Forecasting Retrospective
Con-Lib Pact Brings Cameron to PM’s Chair
Mollohan Loss Costly for Democrats, Scary for Incumbents
Kagan, New York, and “the Heartland”
Political Comebacks, Compliments of Las Malvinas
White House Case for Specter Support Unpersuasive
Don’t Take Polling Literally, Part #39916
GOP Taps Tampa
Is the Lib Dem Surge for Real (Part 4: The meltdown)
In Backing Insurgents, Republicans Face November Risks
The Return of the (Really) Conservative Democrat?
Polls, Intangibles Favor Sestak
Ideology, Geography and Race: Arkansas Senate Primary Preview
What PA-12 Means for PA-Sen, Pelosi's Majority -- And, oh, PA-12
What PA-12 Means for PA-Sen, Pelosi’s Majority — And, oh, PA-12
In Connecticut, Dems May Need to Draft New Candidate
In Connecticut, Dems May Need to Draft New Candidate
Benchmarking PA-12
Kentucky Senate Preview
Election Night Homethread (5/18/10)
Late Evening Election Night Thread (5/18/10)
What Tuesday Really Meant
Does Critz Victory Mean That Much?
Move Right and Win? We’ll Soon See
Soft Landing for Blumenthal?
The Whitman-Poizner Slugfest Gets Serious
Paulapollooza
Homework Assignment
In the Shadow of Meg & Steve & Jerry: Update on the California Senate Race
Gingrich Sounds Amped to Run
Finally: Something The Parties Agree About
Apartheid was Helped by a Twisted Election System
Storm Clouds On the Economic Horizon?
Lost in Hawaii
Study: Excluding Cellphones Introduces Statistically Significant Bias in Polls
Study: Excluding Cellphones Introduces Statistically Significant Bias in Polls
Might This Be a Good Time for Instant Runoff?
Might This Be a Good Time for Instant Runoff?
Gingrich Slams Paulson, Obama, Sarbanes-Oxley and Even W (a little)
Move Right and Win, Revisited
Blast from Rasmussen’s Past
A New Poll of 500 Political Junkies…
Move Left and…Nothing Happens
Wisconsin Senate: Feingold 46%, Smithee (R) 44%
Department of Colossally Stupid Ideas: Repeal 17th Amendment
Colombian Presidential Election Headed for a Run-off
A Closer Look at First Quarter GDP
Southern Primaries Often Confound Pollsters
Raw and Messy: Alabama Primary Preview
A Liberal Coalition, But With Whom?
A Note on Scheduling
Advocacy in the Form of a Poll
Alabama Primary Results
BREAKING: Daily Kos to Sue Research 2000 for Fraud
Belgian Election Ushers in Further Uncertainty
California Gleanings
For Information Purposes Only
In Europe, the World Cup is Not for Wimps
In Step Back for Journalist, Two Steps Backward for Journalism
More Developments in South Carolina D-SEN Primary
Most People Like Health Care Reform, Unless They're Over 65
My Own Suspicions About Research 2000
NC Runoff Results
NM: Anti-Amnesty, Rove-Backed Candidate Loses to Latina In GOP Guv Primary
NPR Survey of Swing Seats is Consistent with Generic Ballot Polling
OFA Learned Lessons From Coakley Loss
Rawl Concedes in South Carolina
Research 2000 Issues Cease & Desist Letter to FiveThirtyEight
SC Runoff Results
Santos Wins Convincingly in Colombia
Senator Byrd is Ill; A Note on West Virginia's Vacancy Laws
Slow Progress in Baghdad: No PM in Place Yet
That Giant Leaking Sound
The Emerging Republican Minority
The Somewhat Super Tuesday: Previews of the California, Iowa, and South Carolina Primaries and the Arkansas Senate Runoff
Who’s Afraid of Nancy Pelosi?
Zogby Broke the Internet, But it Can be Fixed
NM: Anti-Amnesty, Rove-Backed Candidate Loses to Latina In GOP Guv Primary
Alabama Primary Results
Is Gulf Disaster Spilling into Obama’s Approval Ratings?
Organizing For America Ramps Up For November
Alabama Turnout Analysis
FiveThirtyEight to Partner with New York Times
Colombia Redux: Mockus is in Big Trouble
OFA Learned Lessons From Coakley Loss
Ranking States by the Liberalism/Conservatism of Their Voters
A Note On Early Voting and June 8
Is a Stable Government in the Netherlands Coming?
A Horrible Jobs Report
Pollster Ratings v4.0: Methodology
Pollster Ratings v4.0: Results
Pollster Scorecard: SurveyUSA
Two Reids, Two Dakotas and a Quiet Montana
The Somewhat Super Tuesday: Previews of the California, Iowa, and South Carolina Primaries and the Arkansas Senate Runoff
Pollster Scorecard: InsiderAdvantage (Be Careful What You Wish For)
Are You Smarter Than a George Mason University Economics Professor?
Primary Night in America / 6.8.2010
Sharron’s Rural Angle
California Gleanings
Belgium: Making Afghan Politics Seem Straightforward
On Transparency, Hypocrisy, and Research 2000
Arkansas Was Tough Target for Unions, Netroots
A Liberal Coalition, But With Whom?
World Cup Simulated Odds
Something Fishy in South Carolina?
SC Democratic Primary Getting Weirder By The Hour
Yes, Virginia (and Kansas and Missouri — but not you, Baylor), there is an Equilibrium Solution to the Great Conference Shakeout
What Happens When Democrats are “Fighting Wall Street With One Hand, Unions With the Other,” While Republicans are Fighting Unions With Two Hands?
Beige Book and Flow of Funds Overview
Belgian Election Ushers in Further Uncertainty
More Developments in South Carolina D-SEN Primary
FiveThirtyEight Seeking NYC-based Intern
NPR Survey of Swing Seats is Consistent with Generic Ballot Polling
Obama Speech: Good, Bad, Too Little Too Late?
A Note on Scheduling
FiveThirtyEight Establishes Process for Pollsters to Review its Database of Their Polls
World Cup Odds Update
Top Corporate Donor to Barton Is Partner of BP on Deepwater Horizon
Political Update from the Land of Fútbol
Slow Progress in Baghdad: No PM in Place Yet
For Information Purposes Only
Rawl Concedes in South Carolina
Is Africa Failing?
A Closer Look At the Financial Markets
Why Aren’t There More Pollster Ratings?
Santos Wins Convincingly in Colombia
Preview: Runoffs in the Carolinas
Redefining Acceptable Ideology: Utah Primary Preview
World Cup Knockout Round Scenarios
Ratings on Obama Oil Spill Performance are Flattening Out, For Now
That Giant Leaking Sound
SC Runoff Results
NC Runoff Results
Utah Primary Results
Unsurprisingly, People are More Worried About the Economy and Jobs Than About Deficits
The Emerging Republican Minority
Should the Republican Party Move to the Center on Social Issues?
Most People Like Health Care Reform, Unless They’re Over 65
Why We Have U.S.-Ghana at Even Money
The Virtues of Standing Fast: The Lessons in the Fall of Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd
A Rainbow Nation, But a Polarized Electorate
A Rainbow Nation, But a Polarized Electorate
A Closer Look at Housing
In Step Back for Journalist, Two Steps Backward for Journalism
Senator Byrd is Ill; A Note on West Virginia's Vacancy Laws
Senator Byrd is Ill; A Note on West Virginia’s Vacancy Laws
Sen. Robert Byrd Dead at 92
Advocacy in the Form of a Poll
Advocacy in the Form of a Poll
[UPDATED] WV Special Election is Unlikely Until 2012
Scott Brown Political Check-Up
Senate Forecast: After Primaries, Picture Slightly Improved for Dems
Senate Forecast: After Primaries, Picture Slightly Improved for Dems
BREAKING: Daily Kos to Sue Research 2000 for Fraud
My Own Suspicions About Research 2000
Research 2000 Issues Cease & Desist Letter to FiveThirtyEight
Nonrandomness in Research 2000’s Presidential Tracking Polls
In Europe, the World Cup is Not for Wimps
How Research 2000 Could Make Its Life Easy
A Note to John Zogby
Alabama Runoff Preview
An Additional Point or Two about West Virginia
Australian Labor Party in Pole Position
Blue Dogs Be Dog-Gone Soon
Bunker Mentality at 1600 Pennsylvania?
Does the RNC Have Structural Problems?
Gay Marriage Chart-of-the-Day
Geography, Ideology and Endorsements in Georgia
In Recent Japanese Elections An Unequal Electoral System Explains the Government's Defeat
Introducing Partisan Propensity Index (PPI)
It's Like Mathematically Unpossible for Republicans to Win the House, or Something
One Reason 2010 Is Less Favorable for the House GOP Than 1994
Sarkozy Has a Popularity Problem
Whassup with Taxes?
When 256 Doesn't Equal 256
Can Democrats Interfere with the 2012 GOP Presidential Nomination?
Kos Legal Filing Raises Further Questions about Research 2000
Is Research 2000 Merely Mangling Its Data -- Rather Than Fabricating It?
Is Research 2000 Merely Mangling Its Data — Rather Than Fabricating It?
Steele’s “Democrat War”
What Makes For a Good Party Chair?
Kyrgyzstan on the Edge of Even Greater Ethnic Strife
Why Aren’t Businesses Hiring?
Arizona’s Long Reach
Best GOP Gubernatorial Year Since 1920?
A Note to John Zogby
Does the RNC Have Structural Problems?
re: LeBron
Sarkozy Has a Popularity Problem
Can Manchin Save West Virginia for Democrats?
An Additional Point or Two about West Virginia
An Additional Point or Two about West Virginia
Did LeBron James Just Cost Himself $150 Million?
Did LeBron James Just Cost Himself $150 Million?
Regarding Double Dips
Pentagon Spends $4.4 Million to Test Troops’ Gaydar
Will Redistricting Be More Transparent This Decade?
God, Guns, and Gaydar: The Laws of Probability Push You to Overestimate Small Groups
One Reason 2010 Is Less Favorable for the House GOP Than 1994
Alabama Runoff Preview
Alabama Runoff Results
It Is Too the Economy!
Whassup with Taxes?
Did Democratic Crossover Votes Beat Bradley Byrne?
ARG, My Brain Hurts!
Ronald Reagan Redux
Blast in Uganda Underscores a Volatile Region
Gay Marriage Chart-of-the-Day
When 256 Doesn’t Equal 256
The Stupidity and Hypocrisy of the Austerity Movement
Gay Marriage and Argentine Politics
Senate Forecast, 7/18: Republican Outlook Improves with Focus on Likely Voter Polls
Senate Forecast, 7/18: Republican Outlook Improves with Focus on Likely Voter Polls
Is a Poll Scientific if it Excludes More Than Half the Population?
Blue Dogs Be Dog-Gone Soon
Georgia Primary Preview
There Is No Such Thing As a Free Shot at a Senate Seat
Democrats Shouldn’t Spare Pennies for Lincoln
Bunker Mentality at 1600 Pennsylvania?
Georgia Primary Results
In Recent Japanese Elections An Unequal Electoral System Explains the Government’s Defeat
My Life on the J-List
Friday’s Election in Precarious Burundi
House Majority Tipping Point
Geography, Ideology and Endorsements in Georgia
Australian Labor Party in Pole Position
Capturing the Cape
Labor Force Realignment and Jobless Recoveries
Oklahoma Primary Preview
The Broadus Effect? Social Desirability Bias and California Proposition 19
The Broadus Effect? Social Desirability Bias and California Proposition 19
Cap-and-Trade is Dead; Long Live Cap-and-Trade
Oklahoma Primary Results
Blue Dogs Lessons From GOP Moderates
It's Like Mathematically Unpossible for Republicans to Win the House, or Something
It’s Like Mathematically Unpossible for Republicans to Win the House, or Something
Introducing Partisan Propensity Index (PPI)
Introducing Partisan Propensity Index (PPI)
Move Left and Win…A Republican Primary?
Polls, Reporting on “Ground Zero Mosque” May Mislead
A Street-Level View of the "Ground Zero Mosque"
Automated Poll Produces Starkly Different Results on Gay Marriage Question
Conservative, Liberal Sites Both Fueling Race "Conversation"
How Stable is the Generic Ballot?
Money and Mud: A Preview of Florida's Two Big Statewide Primaries
Moving Day
Obama's "Problems" With the Left
What Does a Recession Look Like?
A Street-Level View of the “Ground Zero Mosque”
Second Quarter GDP Overview
Conservative, Liberal Sites Both Fueling Race "Conversation"
Conservative, Liberal Sites Both Fueling Race “Conversation”
Hill Committee Fundraising: Sign of Democratic Doom or Survival?
Social Desirability and Survey Reports: Some Evidence form the Research Literature
Kansas, Michigan, Missouri Primary Preview
Kansas, Michigan, Missouri Primary Preview
Granite State Update
Kansas, Michigan, Missouri Primary Results
UK: Labour Leadership Battle is Brewing
Will Gay Marriage, Once Again, Become a Campaign Issue?
Tennessee Primary Preview
Opinions on Gay Rights Vary a Lot by State
Kennedy, Olson and the Right Side of History
Tennessee Primary Results
Roadmap to Nowhere
Washington’s Muteness on Prop 8 a Sign of Cynicism, Not Progress
Labor Market Realignment, Conclusion
Did Democrats Nominate Rick Snyder?
How Much Revenue Would a Millionaires’ Tax Raise?
Don’t Overlook The States
Chaos in Colorado
Cage Match in Georgia
As Liberals Lose Hope, the White House is Losing Its Cool
How Much Does Money Matter in Connecticut and Minnesota?
Some Cliffhangers, Some Surprises: Primary Night Update
CNN Poll is First To Show Majority Support for Gay Marriage
CNN Poll is First To Show Majority Support for Gay Marriage
Opinion on Same-Sex Marriage Appears to Shift at Accelerated Pace
Opinion on Same-Sex Marriage Appears to Shift at Accelerated Pace
Obama's "Problems" With the Left
Obama’s “Problems” With the Left
In the Battle Over a University, The Struggle for Iran’s Future Begins
In Which I Find Myself In Agreement With Jack Kingston
Schaller’s Law of Constitutional Amendment Politics
Automated Poll Produces Starkly Different Results on Gay Marriage Question
Political Consultants vs. Political Scientists
Obama Defense of “Ground Zero Mosque” Less Risky Than it Seems
The ‘International Desk’ is Moving
Palin's Endorsements: More Method Than Madness
Palin’s Endorsements: More Method Than Madness
ESPN Umpire Study Blows The Call
Iowa: Eighteen Months And Counting
More on FiveThirtyEight’s Moving Plans
How Stable is the Generic Ballot?
Mild West Preview
Late Night Returns From the West
Hatred of Congress
Palestinian Refugees Get Qualified Right to Work in Lebanon
When Good Enough Isn’t Good Enough: On House Forecasts and the Generic Ballot
How the Generic Ballot is Used to Estimate Votes and then Seats in Congressional Elections
Australian Elections Preview: An Uneventful Campaign Heads for an Eventful Finish
What Does a Recession Look Like?
Moving Day
Dog Days Diversion: A Preview of Tomorrow’s Primaries in AZ, AK, VT, and OK
Money and Mud: A Preview of Florida’s Two Big Statewide Primaries
Tuesday Night Live
Welcome (and Welcome Back) to FiveThirtyEight
New Forecast Shows Democrats Losing 6 to 7 Senate Seats
A Closer Look at Alaska
In Nevada, No One Is Someone to Watch
With Increase in Partisanship, Fewer Surprises Likely in Governors’ Races
A Closer Look at the Second Quarter G.D.P.
The Democrats’ New Normal
How Did Democrats Get Here?
In Singling Out Murkowski, Tea Party Chose Wisely
G.O.P. Poised to Control 30 Governor Seats
Governor Forecasts: Understanding the Model
Potential for Double-Dip Recession Seems Small
Democrats Aren’t Running From Health Care. But What Are They Running On?
Republicans Have One-in-Four Chance to Claim Senate Majority, Model Shows
The Republicans’ 50-State, 428-District Strategy
G.O.P. Has 2-in-3 Chance of Taking House, Model Forecasts
2 Insurgents Could Hurt G.O.P. Chances for Senate Takeover
Paladino and New York’s Republicans
The Polls Have Tightened? Not So Fast
Primary Voter Turnout Stays Low, but More So for Democrats
Live Blogging Primary Night
Voters Deliver a Reminder to Republicans (and Pundits)
Gubernatorial Forecast Update
After Delaware, G.O.P. Senate Takeover Appears Much Less Likely
Complex Formulas Governing the Afghan Elections
House Forecast Update: Embracing the Uncertainty
Murkowski Can Win as Write-In
More on Murkowski’s Math
Consumer Spending and the Economy
Assessing the G.O.P. and the Tea Party
Poll Showing Gains by Paladino Excluded Key Candidate From Ballot
Why Generic Ballots May Underestimate Democrats
Video: The Democrats’ Strategy
Brown Gains Ground in California; Few Other Changes in Gubernatorial Forecast
Now Here’s a Shocking Poll: Cuomo 49, Paladino 43
Senate Forecast: Republican Takeover Chances Improved, but Democrats Are Building Pacific Firewall
Cuomo’s Coattails and Gillibrand’s Race
The Bias of the Generic Ballot: It’s Complicated
Calculating the Castle Write-In Bid
Holding Pattern in House Forecast
Analyzing Whitman’s Questions About California Poll
Plan B: Connecticut and W. Virginia Create New Outline for G.O.P. Senate Takeover
Forecast Update: Republican Governors Are Well Positioned
The Uncanny Accuracy of Polling Averages*, Part I: Why You Can’t Trust Your Gut
Alaska Polls Suggest Murkowski Has Upside as a Write-In
The Uncanny Accuracy of Polling Averages*, Part II: What the Numbers Say
G.O.P. Stays on Upswing in Senate Forecast
House Forecast: As October Dawns, November’s Math Still Strong for G.O.P.
The Uncanny Accuracy of Polling Averages*, Part III: This Time, It’s Different?
The Uncanny Accuracy of Polling Averages*, Part IV: Are the Polls Getting Worse?
Odds Against Third-Party Bid Not as Long as They Seem
‘Likely Voter’ Gap Favors G.O.P. by 6 Points; Gallup’s Model Sees It Bigger
Understanding and Misunderstanding the ‘Enthusiasm Gap’
Shifting Tides in Governors’ Races: Brown Now 3-to-1 Favorite
Illinois Voters, Unhappy With Candidates, Show Few Signs of Committing
G.O.P. Senate Odds Improve for Third Consecutive Week
Projected Republican Gains Approach 50 House Seats
Number of Competitive House Races Doubles from Recent Years
Incumbents Polling Below 50 Percent Often Win Re-Election, Despite Conventional Wisdom
TimesCast: West Virginia’s Influence
West Virginia Poses Dilemma for Democrats: Must-Win or No-Win?
Modest Gains for Democrats in Gubernatorial Forecast
Voting by Mail in Washington State May Confound Pollsters
Democratic Polling Improves in Key Senate Races, Lengthening G.O.P. Takeover Odds
Bypassed Cellphones: Biased Polls?
Second Sestak Comeback Is Unlikely
Consensus Points to 50-Seat G.O.P. Gain in House, but May Understate Uncertainty
Canaries in the Coal Mine? Or Cuckoo Polls?
Alaska Race May Make for Long Election Night
Democrats Remain Favored to Retain Senate
Pennsylvania Revisited
Gubernatorial Forecast Update: Can Tancredo Win in Colorado?
The Misunderstanding of Momentum
G.O.P. Odds of House Majority Now 3-in-4
Is Proposition 19 Going Up in Smoke?
Senate Forecast Update: Don’t Call It a Comeback?
Sometimes, Money Can’t Buy You Votes
For First Time, Model Has G.O.P. Favored to Win 50-Plus House Seats
Governor Forecast Update: Chafee’s Chances Wax; Whitman’s Wane
Senate Forecast Update: G.O.P. Still Seeking No. 51
Early Voter ‘Enthusiasm Gap’ Appears Consistent With Polls
A Second Pass at Early Voting Totals: Now With Extra Skepticism
House Forecast: 8 Days to Go
G.O.P. Senate Odds Slip on Colorado, West Virginia Polls
Governors’ Forecast Moves Toward Democrats in 3 Blue States
Are Democrats Overachieving in the Senate?
Tonight’s House Forecast: 52-Seat Gain For G.O.P.
Polls Show Wider Boxer Lead, Narrowing G.O.P. Takeover Path
Model Now Has Whitman as Big Underdog in California
For Democrats, Losing the House Is Not Inevitable. (Just Very Likely.)
Angle Turns Corner in Nevada, but G.O.P. Senate Odds Drop
G.O.P. Now Projected to Gain 53 House Seats
Governor Forecast Update: Live, Automated Polls Split on Tancredo Chances
‘Robopolls’ Significantly More Favorable to Republicans Than Traditional Surveys
Senate Update: Washington Is the New Florida
Favorites Emerge in Three-Way Governor’s Races
G.O.P. House Projection Steady at Plus-53 Seats
Senate Update: California May Be Out of Reach for G.O.P.
Sharp Changes in Maine, Oregon Governor Forecasts
Saturday Night Forecast Update: Calm Before the Storm
The Ultimate Hour-by-Hour, District-by-District Election Guide
5 Reasons Republicans Could Do Even Better Than Expected
Strickland, Foley Hoping Voters Will Split Tickets
Agreeing to Disagree: Size of Republican Wave Hard to Predict
5 Reasons Democrats Could Beat the Polls and Hold the House
House Forecast: G.O.P. Plus 54-55 Seats; Significantly Larger or Smaller Gains Possible
Republicans Are Clear Underdogs to Flip Senate
Republicans Will Win More Governorships (But Democrats Could Get More Votes)
Election Night Viewing Guide
Live Blogging the Election Returns
Did Polls Underestimate Democrats’ Latino Vote?
‘Enthusiasm Gap’ Was Largest in Presidential Swing States
Rasmussen Polls Were Biased and Inaccurate; Quinnipiac, SurveyUSA Performed Strongly
When ‘House Effects’ Become ‘Bias’
2010: An Aligning Election
Are Parents Just Saying No to Marijuana Legalization?
2012 Contenders to Bet Against
Miller’s Chances of Victory Dim as Alaska Senate Write-In Count Begins
Still Waiting: An Update on Still-Unresolved Races
Tim Pawlenty: League-Average Politician
The Full-Body Backlash
Health Care and Bailout Votes May Have Hurt Democrats
Is Pelosi America’s Most Unpopular Politician?
The Hidden Costs of Extra Airport Security
The 800-Pound Mama Grizzly Problem
Predicting the Economy, and Obama’s Re-Election Chances
New Poll Suggests Shift in Public Views on T.S.A. Procedures
Jeter’s Predictable Predicament
Palin Support Limited Among Wealthy, College-Educated Republicans
A Quick Note to Our Readers
How to Judge a Dance Contest, Accurately
What The T.S.A. Hasn’t Told Us
Public Opinion on ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
Checking In on Those Lingering Midterm Races
Will the Big East and T.C.U. Live Happily Ever After?
Qatar a Questionable World Cup Host
Scott Brown Was an Outlier After All
The Democrats’ Tax Cut Dilemma
Previewing the G.O.P.’s 2012 Argument on Tax Cuts
Obama’s Tough Words for Liberals: Truth or Dare?
‘Don’t Ask’ Debate Caught in Tax Cut Crossfire
Travel Advisory
38 Days Later
Poll Suggests Risks for Obama if Liberals Feel Taken for Granted
Reader Comments: The Obama Tax Deal
A Bayesian Take on Julian Assange
Any Requests?
A Closer Look at the G.D.P.
Posts From the Past
Popularity of ‘Don’t Ask’ Repeal May Have Drawn Republican Votes
Exurban Growth Should Bolster G.O.P. in Congressional Redistricting
Census Impact on 2012 Presidential Race is Limited
Hispanic-Majority Districts: Boon or Burden for Democrats?
Optimism for Obama Should Come With Caution
Blizzards and Airline Capacities Do Not Mix
Bloomberg v. Blizzard: How Strong Is the Mayor’s Defense?
Sarah Palin’s Nomination Chances: A Reassessment