Andrew Mercer
@awmercer.bsky.social
Principal methodologist at Pew Research Center. He/him
This is the sort of thing that would get me to buy season tickets.
YOU GUYS WANNA SEE SOMETHING CURSED???? HOW ABOUT NEON GENESIS LEHIGH VALLEY PHANTOMS HOCKEY?????
November 17, 2025 at 1:06 AM
This is the sort of thing that would get me to buy season tickets.
Re: #2, do yourself a favor and go watch all the Thin Man movies.
Top 5 movie genres are:
– The CLOCK is TICKING
– Entertaining couple drinks fast and talks faster
– It’s New York in the 1970s and everything is grimy and paranoid
– Nothing actually happens; I may have something in my eye
– These two timelines are gonna collide about forty minutes from now
– The CLOCK is TICKING
– Entertaining couple drinks fast and talks faster
– It’s New York in the 1970s and everything is grimy and paranoid
– Nothing actually happens; I may have something in my eye
– These two timelines are gonna collide about forty minutes from now
Top 5 movie genres are:
heist
intelligence/espionage thriller
pitch perfect
cerebral ensemble oscar fodder drama
heist some more
heist
intelligence/espionage thriller
pitch perfect
cerebral ensemble oscar fodder drama
heist some more
November 17, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Re: #2, do yourself a favor and go watch all the Thin Man movies.
Charlie slept through caturday but better late than never.
November 16, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Charlie slept through caturday but better late than never.
That Bradley Cooper episode from the Righteous Gemstones needs its own spinoff. I would watch the hell out of that.
November 16, 2025 at 2:59 AM
That Bradley Cooper episode from the Righteous Gemstones needs its own spinoff. I would watch the hell out of that.
1000% this
continually feel hashtag-blessed that I get to write about public opinion from a descriptive and not a prescriptive perspective
November 13, 2025 at 4:10 PM
1000% this
Remember Labubus? Feels like that was 10 years ago.
November 13, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Remember Labubus? Feels like that was 10 years ago.
I’m on chapter 3 of The Everlasting by Alix Harrow and I have no idea where this is headed but I love it.
November 11, 2025 at 5:31 AM
I’m on chapter 3 of The Everlasting by Alix Harrow and I have no idea where this is headed but I love it.
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Two-thirds of Democrats say their own party makes them feel frustrated. By far the most commonly cited reason is that the party is not pushing back hard enough against Trump. www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...
November 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Two-thirds of Democrats say their own party makes them feel frustrated. By far the most commonly cited reason is that the party is not pushing back hard enough against Trump. www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...
I have never met another cat that is this much of a back-sleeper. Such a weirdo.
Also look at that tail!
Also look at that tail!
November 9, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I have never met another cat that is this much of a back-sleeper. Such a weirdo.
Also look at that tail!
Also look at that tail!
About to start the Bakeoff finale. Not sure it’s ever been more abundantly clear in advance who the winner is going to be.
November 8, 2025 at 5:03 PM
About to start the Bakeoff finale. Not sure it’s ever been more abundantly clear in advance who the winner is going to be.
Charlie says happy Thursday everyone.
November 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Charlie says happy Thursday everyone.
I love this data essay by some of my @pewresearch.org colleagues looking at how the ways that the U.S. Census has measured race and ethnicity have changed over the country's history and how they're poised to change again in 2030.
Counting Race: How the Census Measures Identity and What Americans Think About It
How the U.S. government measures race has changed substantially since censuses began in 1790. Today, Americans differ on whether the government should ask about race.
www.pewresearch.org
November 3, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I love this data essay by some of my @pewresearch.org colleagues looking at how the ways that the U.S. Census has measured race and ethnicity have changed over the country's history and how they're poised to change again in 2030.
Reposted by Andrew Mercer
As the federal statistical system faces mounting challenges, this episode of “Practical Significance” features insights from experts Nancy Potok and Connie Citro into modernizing data systems, rebuilding trust, and strengthening federal statistics. Listen in: magazine.amstat.org/podcast-2/ #STATSSKY
November 3, 2025 at 4:49 PM
As the federal statistical system faces mounting challenges, this episode of “Practical Significance” features insights from experts Nancy Potok and Connie Citro into modernizing data systems, rebuilding trust, and strengthening federal statistics. Listen in: magazine.amstat.org/podcast-2/ #STATSSKY
Can you believe this degenerate?
November 3, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Can you believe this degenerate?
I have no idea what happened but lol.
November 2, 2025 at 3:18 AM
I have no idea what happened but lol.
This sounds like heaven
Not having to use Teams, Sharepoint, MS365 could be a big competitive advantage for collaborative research teams.
November 1, 2025 at 10:28 PM
This sounds like heaven
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DON'T TOUCH ME
November 1, 2025 at 1:49 AM
DON'T TOUCH ME
Only five more days...
By some unfortunate twist of bad data entry or poor record linkage, someone on the Virginia voter file is listed as having my phone number.
This person also seems to have been deemed “persuadable” by both parties.
It’s going to be a very long month.
This person also seems to have been deemed “persuadable” by both parties.
It’s going to be a very long month.
a man in a suit and tie is sitting in front of a window and says " i just want it to stop "
Alt: Jim from The Office saying “I just want it to stop.”
media.tenor.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Only five more days...
This is such a fantastic interview! Also now I've got Golden running on repeat for probably the rest of the afternoon.
My appreciation for KPop Demon Hunters increased by 1,000 percent after reading this smart, thoughtful @manishakrishnan.bsky.social interview with EJAE:
How ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Star EJAE Topped the Charts
Kids everywhere know her voice—if not her name. WIRED talks to the former SM trainee about her rise to global superstardom with her hit song “Golden.”
www.wired.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
This is such a fantastic interview! Also now I've got Golden running on repeat for probably the rest of the afternoon.
Reposted by Andrew Mercer
Quite a statement on the information environment these days: 9 in 10 Americans say they at least sometimes come across news they think is inaccurate, and about half find it difficult to determine what's true.
Many Americans say they often come across inaccurate news – and have a hard time knowing what’s true
Those who report often encountering inaccurate news are more likely than those who rarely or never do to say it’s hard to know what is true (59% vs. 31%).
www.pewresearch.org
October 30, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Quite a statement on the information environment these days: 9 in 10 Americans say they at least sometimes come across news they think is inaccurate, and about half find it difficult to determine what's true.
Reposted by Andrew Mercer
Our AAPOR report on the 2024 polls is out today
It's a comprehensive look at pre-election polling, including how accurate polls were in historical context, demographic and geographic patterns, and the diversity of methodologies in this evolving industry
Check it out here: aapor.org/announcement...
It's a comprehensive look at pre-election polling, including how accurate polls were in historical context, demographic and geographic patterns, and the diversity of methodologies in this evolving industry
Check it out here: aapor.org/announcement...
October 29, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Our AAPOR report on the 2024 polls is out today
It's a comprehensive look at pre-election polling, including how accurate polls were in historical context, demographic and geographic patterns, and the diversity of methodologies in this evolving industry
Check it out here: aapor.org/announcement...
It's a comprehensive look at pre-election polling, including how accurate polls were in historical context, demographic and geographic patterns, and the diversity of methodologies in this evolving industry
Check it out here: aapor.org/announcement...
Sports people. Do you realize what time it is? Go to bed.
October 28, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Sports people. Do you realize what time it is? Go to bed.
Update... they also make you name the horse. Just not right away...
In Ghost of Yotei, I was relieved they didn’t have you name your horse this time.
Then they make you name the wolf…🤨
Then they make you name the wolf…🤨
October 27, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Update... they also make you name the horse. Just not right away...
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Really interesting work (and thoughts on experimental design)!
After a huge post-election flip in economic perceptions, I thought Democrats and Republicans might be lying to pollsters to send a partisan message — but I was wrong!
New in the Journal of Experimental Political Science (open access): doi.org/10.1017/XPS....
New in the Journal of Experimental Political Science (open access): doi.org/10.1017/XPS....
October 27, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Really interesting work (and thoughts on experimental design)!
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STARTING SOON: Zohran Mamdani gives remarks about Islamophobia outside the Islamic Cultural Center of the Bronx
LIVE | Zohran Mamdani gives remarks on Islamophobia outside a mosque in the Bronx, NYC
YouTube video by Eyewitness News ABC7NY
www.youtube.com
October 24, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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