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Peter K. Enns
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https://peterenns.org/ Professor of Government & Public Policy, Cornell University; Robert S. Harrison Director of https://socialsciences.cornell.edu/; Co-founder, https://www.verasight.io/

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Peter Eric Enns is an American Biblical scholar and theologian. He has written widely on hermeneutics, Christianity and science, historicity of the Bible, and Old Testament interpretation. Outside of his academic work Enns is a contributor to HuffPost and Patheos. He has also worked with Francis Collins' The BioLogos Foundation. His book Inspiration and Incarnation challenged conservative/mainstream Evangelical methods of biblical interpretation. His book The Evolution of Adam questions the belief that Adam was a historical figure. .. more

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Peter K. Enns @peterenns.bsky.social · 5h
Great resource on the Experience of Incarceration: incarcerationlaw.com/lived-experi...
Lived Experiences Overview – Incarceration and the Law
incarcerationlaw.com

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Verasight @verasight.io · 4d
Today we are releasing a new national predictions report. Americans expect rising prices and political instability, but remain optimistic about their own futures. Based on a national survey of 2,000 adults. Full toplines and crosstabs available.

https://www.verasight.io/reports/america-in-2026
America in 2026 | Verasight's 2026 Predictions Report
What do Americans think 2026 has in store? In December 2025, Verasight asked 2,000 U.S. adults to share their prediction
www.verasight.io

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Big Data Kane @cmwitko.bsky.social · 20d
New article in @psjeditor.bsky.social

w/ Qian Zhang and @peterenns.bsky.social

We classify poll questions from the 1980s-2010s into policy agendas topic codes + find attention in polling responds to public priorities, predicts cong + media attention.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
<em>Policy Studies Journal</em> | PSO Public Policy Journal | Wiley Online Library
Polling organizations, like other policy actors, must prioritize certain issues. We argue that, for normative and financial reasons, pollsters prioritize issues that are viewed as important by other ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 23d
Please share: Pew Research Center will provide $3,000 each for 19 new papers using our recent global datasets. We encourage reuse of our Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures data!
https://www.pewresearch.org/2026/01/16/seeking-research-using-recent-pew-templeton-global-religious-futures-datasets/
To encourage reuse of our data, Pew Research Center, with support from the John Templeton Foundation, invites researchers to submit proposals for new research publications that use one or more of the following datasets (collectively, Datasets) from the Global Religious Futures (GRF) project: Global Restrictions on Religion 2007-2022 dataset. This cumulative dataset includes measures of government restrictions on religion and social hostilities involving religion in nearly 200 countries and territories. Spring 2024 Survey. This dataset includes measures of religion and spirituality in 35 countries. (Comparable data was also collected in 2023 and 2024 for the United States. The downloadable materials which accompany the international dataset include additional information about U.S. data.) Dataset of Global Religious Composition Estimates for 2010 and 2020. This dataset includes estimates of the size of seven major religious groups in more than 200 countries and territories. We encourag

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 26d
Last month I asked newsletter subscribers to send me questions they'd like to see on polls in 2026. For fun, I have compiled these submissions here: www.gelliottmorris.com/p/all-the-po...
All the poll questions readers suggested we ask in 2026
The final list from our community question-writing exercise in December
www.gelliottmorris.com

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Verasight @verasight.io · Dec 30
2025 marked a period of significant growth on the Verasight team.

We are so proud of the colleagues that we welcome to the team, including Sami, Kayla, Mike, Adriana, Casey, and Ingmar. You have each made a significant impact to Verasight, and we are excited for the growth ahead in 2026.

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Heath Brown @heathbrown.bsky.social · Dec 30
Way back in March @peterenns.bsky.social wrote this one in the future of election polling for @3streamsblog.bsky.social medium.com/3streams/the...
The Future of Election Polls
How to increase accuracy and lower costs with online nonprobability surveys
medium.com

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Verasight @verasight.io · Dec 19
The Argument's recent survey, conducted with Verasight, is driving conversation across outlets and audiences.

We're proud to support Lakshya Jain and
@jerusalem.bsky.social in this work.

Read the polling insights here: www.theargumentmag.com/p/have-democ...

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Allison P. Harris @allipatter.bsky.social · Dec 17
I’m hiring a predoctoral fellow for the 2026-2027 AY with possibility of a second year. This is a great position for someone interested in pursuing a Ph.D. or who wants more hands-on experience doing research. Please apply/share! Happy to answer questions!

tobin.yale.edu/opportunitie...
CSAP Predoc: Polarization and Inequality in the U.S. Criminal Legal System
tobin.yale.edu

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Verasight @verasight.io · Dec 17
As we end 2025, we're proud to have contributed to 100s of innovative studies for researchers. Highlights include working with @gelliottmorris.com on Strength in Numbers, supporting The Argument, contributing data to The Voter Poll by SSRS, & releasing our synthetic analysis reports.
Verasight December Client Research Highlights
We are excited to share some recent research from our clients and the Verasight team.
www.verasight.io

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · Dec 17
In our October Strength In Numbers/Verasight poll, 53% of adults opposed Trump's strikes on Venezuelan boats and only 33% supported. (I imagine support for a full war, and this blockade, would be even lower.) www.gelliottmorris.com/p/new-poll-v...

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Peter K. Enns @peterenns.bsky.social · Dec 16
It was great to be part of this project with @johnkenny.bsky.social, @andraroescu.bsky.social, Stuart Smedley, Nick Or, @kathleenweldon.bsky.social, and @drjennings.bsky.social.

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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · Dec 15
Special credit to @johnkenny.bsky.social @andraroescu.bsky.social Stuart Smedley & Nick Or who did the hard, sometimes boring work of converting data. And thanks to @kathleenweldon.bsky.social @peterenns.bsky.social and everyone at @ropercenter.bsky.social for their collaboration on the project.

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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · Dec 15
For the historical polling nerds out there, an article about our project with @ropercenter.bsky.social that digitised ~800 surveys by Gallup poll in Britain between 1955 and 1991 has been published in JEPOP. The merged dataset contains over three-quarters of a million respondents.
Revealing long-term trajectories of public opinion and polling in Britain: a new resource of historical data from the Gallup Poll in Britain, 1955–1991
From the 1930s to early 2000s, the British affiliate and later subsidiary of the Gallup Organization conducted around three thousand surveys of public opinion in Great Britain. While the records of...
www.tandfonline.com

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Verasight @verasight.io · Dec 12
When public opinion shifted, the court usually followed. In their LA Times op ed, our co founder & chief data scientist @peterenns.bsky.social & Patrick Wohlfarth show that this pattern no longer holds under Chief Justice Roberts, marking a statistically rare & consequential break from past courts.
Contributor: When did the Supreme Court stop caring about public opinion?
The court has historically understood the perils of completely ignoring precedent and the will of the people. Chief Justice John Roberts is different.
www.latimes.com

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Roper Center @ropercenter.bsky.social · Dec 11
Our collection of over 910,000 public opinion questions spans the globe! The interactive map on our site makes searching easier and provides direct links to the data. Check it out:
Discover Roper | Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
.roper-state-of-archive .roper-mobile-visible .country-links .col-
bit.ly

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Verasight @verasight.io · Dec 9
The undergraduate-led Yale Youth Poll at Yale University has published its Fall 2025 results. Verasight fielded the survey to 3,426 registered voters, including 1,706 voters between ages 18-34. We’re proud to support this research and help advance understanding of generational perspectives.
Fall 2025 Results
youthpoll.yale.edu

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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · Dec 8
Summer 2026 MSR-NYC-CSS internship opportunity for current PhD candidates! Purely academic position with possible projects around agentic markets, mapping public opinion, market for news, etc. Apply by January 9 for full consideration: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job/...

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Peter K. Enns @peterenns.bsky.social · Dec 6
Thanks, @pculpepper.bsky.social!

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Verasight @verasight.io · Dec 6
We are proud to share a new op-ed in the LA Times by our co-founder and chief data scientist, @peterenns.bsky.social, written with Patrick Wohlfarth. Drawing on decades of data, they show how this departure has contributed to declining confidence in the court.

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Peter K. Enns @peterenns.bsky.social · Dec 5
My @latimes.com op-ed from today, with Patrick Wohlfarth, showing Supreme Court decisions have moved opposite public opinion under Roberts: www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

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Peter K. Enns @peterenns.bsky.social · Dec 4
Here's some evidence on that point from Kevin McGuire and Jim Stimson (www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...) and from Chris Casillas, Patrick Wohlfarth, and myself: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
University of Chicago Press Journals: Cookie absent
www.journals.uchicago.edu

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Peter K. Enns @peterenns.bsky.social · Dec 4
Under Chief Justice Roberts the relationship has turned negative, with Supreme Court decisions moving opposite public opinion.

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Peter K. Enns @peterenns.bsky.social · Dec 4
Patrick Wohlfarth and I find the longstanding relationship between public opinion and Supreme Court decisions that we and others have previously documented no longer exists. www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Contributor: When did the Supreme Court stop caring about public opinion?
The court has historically understood the perils of completely ignoring precedent and the will of the people. Chief Justice John Roberts is different.
www.latimes.com

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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · Nov 24
Working with @verasight.io, this will be the most comprehensive assessment of perceptions and perspectives on an important policy issue in the state. Our survey design allows us to reach more granular descriptions of residents' perceptions of energy policy than have been possible previously.

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Debra Leiter @debraleiter.bsky.social · Nov 21
At the start of the term, voters seemed skeptical of the “iron rule” of midterm loss. More recent data from @verasight.io paints a more complex picture. Check out our (@marystegmaier.bsky.social & Mike Lewis-Beck) new piece @center4politics.bsky.social

centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/...
centerforpolitics.org

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Verasight @verasight.io · Nov 5
The findings from The Voter Poll by SSRS are shaping LIVE election coverage across major news networks including ABC News, CNN, NBC News, MSNBC, and FOX News.

Read more about our involvement here: www.verasight.io/post/verasig...

#thevoterpoll #electionresearch #surveydata #election2025

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Peter K. Enns @peterenns.bsky.social · Nov 4
So excited that @verasight.io is part of this important polling effort! A wonderful validation of the incredible Verasight team!!

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Verasight @verasight.io · Nov 4
We are proud to announce that we will be a data contributor to The Voter Poll by SSRS on behalf of ABC News, @apnews.com, CBS, @cnn.com, Fox News Media, & @nbcnews.com. We are excited to support these decision desks & provide Americans with real-time election data.

www.verasight.io/post/verasig...
Verasight is a primary data contributor to The Voter Poll by SSRS
For more than two decades, the leading media networks in the US have pooled their resources to commission a single voter poll to guide their insights and commentary on election results. For the 2025 e...
www.verasight.io

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