Ariel Edwards-Levy
@aedwardslevy.bsky.social
Polling editor at CNN, keeping (cross)tabs on public opinion and the news. I like puns.
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How do you read a poll? CNN polling editor Ariel Edwards-Levy walks you through it yourfirstbyline.substack.com/p/how-to-rea...
How to Read a Poll
CNN polling editor Ariel Edwards-Levy walks you through everything you need to know.
yourfirstbyline.substack.com
Excited to share some tips for writing about polls for anyone coming in cold to the subject!
(Pictured: a thing on which pollsters are probably not calling you these days).
(Pictured: a thing on which pollsters are probably not calling you these days).
good morning, your earworm for today is "me and bobby mcgee" but it's being sung by a sheep that is badly pretending to not be a sheep so it's actually "baaaaaaa-bby" in every instance
November 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
good morning, your earworm for today is "me and bobby mcgee" but it's being sung by a sheep that is badly pretending to not be a sheep so it's actually "baaaaaaa-bby" in every instance
an Inception/Revenant crossover movie called PLEASE, BEAR IN MIND
November 9, 2025 at 4:54 PM
an Inception/Revenant crossover movie called PLEASE, BEAR IN MIND
might mess around and get really into Ravel
(was I just listening to a podcast about Ravel, yes; do I have too many versions of Bolero saved, also yes)
stickynotespodcast.libsyn.com/ravel-and-fa...
(was I just listening to a podcast about Ravel, yes; do I have too many versions of Bolero saved, also yes)
stickynotespodcast.libsyn.com/ravel-and-fa...
Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast: Ravel and Falla: Echoes of Spain
Nowadays it’s hard to imagine Maurice Ravel as a “bad-boy” revolutionary, a member of a group whose name can be loosely translated as The Hooligans. To most listeners today, Ravel’s music is the very ...
stickynotespodcast.libsyn.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:33 PM
might mess around and get really into Ravel
(was I just listening to a podcast about Ravel, yes; do I have too many versions of Bolero saved, also yes)
stickynotespodcast.libsyn.com/ravel-and-fa...
(was I just listening to a podcast about Ravel, yes; do I have too many versions of Bolero saved, also yes)
stickynotespodcast.libsyn.com/ravel-and-fa...
are there mosquito wellness influencers, because those little guys are thriving
November 8, 2025 at 8:31 PM
are there mosquito wellness influencers, because those little guys are thriving
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an attempt was made
November 7, 2025 at 11:41 PM
an attempt was made
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These Tureen tests are getting crazy
November 8, 2025 at 5:58 PM
These Tureen tests are getting crazy
an attempt was made
November 7, 2025 at 11:41 PM
an attempt was made
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This is your regular reminder that the job of a journalist is almost certainly different than you think it is, and, additionally, there are different kinds of reporters — be it their beat or their medium (print, audio, TV, etc.) — whose day-to-day jobs look and work entirely differently.
November 7, 2025 at 7:09 PM
This is your regular reminder that the job of a journalist is almost certainly different than you think it is, and, additionally, there are different kinds of reporters — be it their beat or their medium (print, audio, TV, etc.) — whose day-to-day jobs look and work entirely differently.
"I am rather much troubled by thoughts of this response scale, yes"
This survey question ("rather much"?) from my neurologist drives me crazy, especially as a survey researcher.
November 7, 2025 at 3:52 PM
"I am rather much troubled by thoughts of this response scale, yes"
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"Grok, Elon Musk’s AI tool, continues to falsely identify the man when asked to explain who collapsed at the White House." dandiamond.substack.com/p/a-man-coll...
A man collapsed in the Oval Office. The internet got the story wrong.
A case study in how bad information can spread — and how hard it is to correct it.
dandiamond.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:50 PM
"Grok, Elon Musk’s AI tool, continues to falsely identify the man when asked to explain who collapsed at the White House." dandiamond.substack.com/p/a-man-coll...
November 6, 2025 at 10:01 PM
kriss krosstab'll make ya
(tabulate, tabulate)
(tabulate, tabulate)
November 6, 2025 at 6:54 PM
kriss krosstab'll make ya
(tabulate, tabulate)
(tabulate, tabulate)
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Today's story: apnews.com/article/cens...
Data scientists perform last rites for 'dearly departed datasets' in 2nd Trump administration
Data scientists perform last rites for 'dearly departed datasets' in 2nd Trump administration
Data scientists perform last rites for 'dearly departed datasets' in 2nd Trump administration
A group of U.S. data scientists has published a list of federal datasets that have been altered or removed since President Donald Trump returned to the White House.
apnews.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Today's story: apnews.com/article/cens...
Data scientists perform last rites for 'dearly departed datasets' in 2nd Trump administration
Data scientists perform last rites for 'dearly departed datasets' in 2nd Trump administration
imo, more maps of big scary shapes overlaid on North America should actually mean really cool things
🌌 A strong geomagnetic storm is forecast tonight! 🌝 Currently expected to peak 8–11 PM ET & again before sunrise Fri. Aurora may reach our region, especially on long-exposure shots! 📸
All the details: www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...
All the details: www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...
November 6, 2025 at 5:46 PM
imo, more maps of big scary shapes overlaid on North America should actually mean really cool things
finally, definitive research on how New Englanders feel about tourists:
scholars.unh.edu/survey_cente...
scholars.unh.edu/survey_cente...
Northern New England Residents Generally Positive About Impact of Fall Tourists 11/6/2025
Nearly two-thirds of Northern New England residents (64%) say that out-of-state visitors in the Fall season have a very (29%) or somewhat (36%) positive impact in their local area. Only 10% say that o...
scholars.unh.edu
November 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
finally, definitive research on how New Englanders feel about tourists:
scholars.unh.edu/survey_cente...
scholars.unh.edu/survey_cente...
There's an interesting throughline here about MAGA identification serving as a proxy for being politically aware enough to know what position your side is "supposed" to have and to adapt your position based on it.
(I don't think this is unique to MAGA)
www.kff.org/public-opini...
(I don't think this is unique to MAGA)
www.kff.org/public-opini...
November 6, 2025 at 3:42 PM
There's an interesting throughline here about MAGA identification serving as a proxy for being politically aware enough to know what position your side is "supposed" to have and to adapt your position based on it.
(I don't think this is unique to MAGA)
www.kff.org/public-opini...
(I don't think this is unique to MAGA)
www.kff.org/public-opini...
social media is half this and half people mistakenly treating other people's arguments about being this
[🚨Trigger warning: 🤓]
This is one of the things I see when I close my eyes:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Is%E2%8...
This is one of the things I see when I close my eyes:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Is%E2%8...
Is–ought problem - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 6, 2025 at 3:40 PM
social media is half this and half people mistakenly treating other people's arguments about being this
I find people with coherent philosophies of how society ought to be fascinating because I don't even have a coherent philosophy of how society *is*
November 6, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I find people with coherent philosophies of how society ought to be fascinating because I don't even have a coherent philosophy of how society *is*
poor
fair
good
excellent
flat noodle
fair
good
excellent
flat noodle
November 5, 2025 at 11:03 PM
poor
fair
good
excellent
flat noodle
fair
good
excellent
flat noodle
(extremely only 2012-election-heads-will get this voice)
ha ha ha....tariffic
ha ha ha....tariffic
November 5, 2025 at 5:01 PM
(extremely only 2012-election-heads-will get this voice)
ha ha ha....tariffic
ha ha ha....tariffic
Gonna go with "functioning very differently in an off-year election mostly about a ballot measure"!
This is not a prediction one way or the other because I can imagine the mechanism functioning very differently in an off-year election mostly about a ballot measure vs. one where people are turning out to vote on other things BUT just dropping this here
www.niskanencenter.org/when-public-...
www.niskanencenter.org/when-public-...
November 5, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Gonna go with "functioning very differently in an off-year election mostly about a ballot measure"!
if I were allowed to bring caveats to a potluck I would never not bring caveats to a potluck
I’m imagining your Big Caveats Paragraph on a Thanksgiving dinner table. That’s how traditional it is.
November 5, 2025 at 2:36 PM
if I were allowed to bring caveats to a potluck I would never not bring caveats to a potluck