Cooperative Election Study Blog
Research from the Cooperative Election Study to better understand our contemporary politics
by Kyle Krell The Pew Research Center says that “the basic goal of a good public opinion poll is to give everyone in the population, regardless of their wealth, age, education, race, knowledge of politics… an equal voice about the issues of the day.” Polls aim to be representative of and generalizable to the broader …
by Thomas Hershewe, Zoe Kava, and Brian Schaffner Conservatives are happier and have better mental health than liberals, or at least that’s what surveys show. In a previous post, we concluded that conservatives rate their mental health higher than liberals, moderates, and the population as a whole; this mental health divide still persists even after …
by Thomas Hershewe, Zoe Kava, and Brian Schaffner This post originally appeared on the Tufts Public Opinion Lab Blog. Despite being the rematch that some pollsters say voters “never really wanted”, the Biden-Trump election is returning. Many have pointed out that we’re in a strikingly similar spot as we were four years ago, just with …