Kathleen Weldon
@kathleenweldon.bsky.social
Polling data archivist. Posting mostly about old polling and sometimes new politics. Also like reading about food, art, and quirky history. Oh, and I make collages.
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Wrote and called my senators. Probably won’t help, but if there’s any chance, have to know I tried.
November 9, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Wrote and called my senators. Probably won’t help, but if there’s any chance, have to know I tried.
It's time for Fun Poll Friday! Actually, maybe Foreign Poll Friday - these polls cover pretty heavy issues, particularly focusing on international relations. But they're interesting, and that's close to fun!
Most of these remain in column binary, but can be converted. DM me. (1/?)
Most of these remain in column binary, but can be converted. DM me. (1/?)
November 7, 2025 at 9:06 PM
It's time for Fun Poll Friday! Actually, maybe Foreign Poll Friday - these polls cover pretty heavy issues, particularly focusing on international relations. But they're interesting, and that's close to fun!
Most of these remain in column binary, but can be converted. DM me. (1/?)
Most of these remain in column binary, but can be converted. DM me. (1/?)
I'm reading the Cornell agreement with the government and hoping I just don't understand something.
November 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I'm reading the Cornell agreement with the government and hoping I just don't understand something.
Reposted by Kathleen Weldon
I helped make a film, out this week, called “Rovina’s Choice,” about the deaths this man without conscience or accountability has caused — already 600,000, ⅔ of them children.
November 6, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I helped make a film, out this week, called “Rovina’s Choice,” about the deaths this man without conscience or accountability has caused — already 600,000, ⅔ of them children.
I met a sloth. His name is Han Slowlo
November 3, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I met a sloth. His name is Han Slowlo
Glued, not resined, the usual drill. Paper collage.
November 3, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Glued, not resined, the usual drill. Paper collage.
Looking how politicians and advisors have categorized voter groups in old political polls can be jarring to say the least. From 1990, these "status groups" are bizarre, not to mention bigoted.
October 31, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Looking how politicians and advisors have categorized voter groups in old political polls can be jarring to say the least. From 1990, these "status groups" are bizarre, not to mention bigoted.
Despite the threat of catastrophic long-term care costs, Boomers continue to splurge on luxuries like vacations, dinners out, and name-brand foods and clothes. Why can't they learn to be responsible?
“At the same time, more than half of Gen Z members say they are struggling to make ends meet, yet a majority buy themselves a small treat, such as a pastry, coffee, or sweet, at least once a week. That can lead to overspending…”
archive.ph/2TI8J
archive.ph/2TI8J
October 31, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Despite the threat of catastrophic long-term care costs, Boomers continue to splurge on luxuries like vacations, dinners out, and name-brand foods and clothes. Why can't they learn to be responsible?
Reposted by Kathleen Weldon
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
In a four-way assignment of iPoll database questions across the broad categories of knowledge, attitudes/beliefs, personal characteristics, & behaviors/experiences, knowledge made up >2%
They are in there; the idea is not new! But fewer than any other category
They are in there; the idea is not new! But fewer than any other category
I’ve been thinking a lot about a new kind of polling I’d like to see. We have polling that measures public opinion, which is obviously important, but I’d love to see a little more empirical work on public knowledge: what do voters know about politics and policy?
October 30, 2025 at 1:02 PM
In a four-way assignment of iPoll database questions across the broad categories of knowledge, attitudes/beliefs, personal characteristics, & behaviors/experiences, knowledge made up >2%
They are in there; the idea is not new! But fewer than any other category
They are in there; the idea is not new! But fewer than any other category
If one more dude (and it’s always a dude) tells me that I can solve all the complex issues of normalizing datasets from a couple thousand different organizations, none of which use the same coding and most of which change their own approaches over time, with a goddamned LLM, my head will explode
October 29, 2025 at 2:55 PM
If one more dude (and it’s always a dude) tells me that I can solve all the complex issues of normalizing datasets from a couple thousand different organizations, none of which use the same coding and most of which change their own approaches over time, with a goddamned LLM, my head will explode
I know it's tiny in the grand scheme of things, but I still get pleased every time I see an iPoll question with an accompanying image
October 29, 2025 at 12:10 PM
I know it's tiny in the grand scheme of things, but I still get pleased every time I see an iPoll question with an accompanying image
Tomorrow Joe Lenski and Murray Edelman are going to tell what Murray describes as "the complete story, which has never been told" of the evolution of exit polling and election night forecasting, and if you're a political junkie, you shouldn't miss it:
ropercenter.cornell.edu/events/roper...
ropercenter.cornell.edu/events/roper...
Roper Roundtables | Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
ropercenter.cornell.edu
October 28, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Tomorrow Joe Lenski and Murray Edelman are going to tell what Murray describes as "the complete story, which has never been told" of the evolution of exit polling and election night forecasting, and if you're a political junkie, you shouldn't miss it:
ropercenter.cornell.edu/events/roper...
ropercenter.cornell.edu/events/roper...
Every time I see this dude all I can think is “my, my, my, my Mitchell.”
Argentine President Javier Milei’s La Libertad Avanza party has won victory in national legislative elections, according to partial official results, giving its free-market reform drive fresh impetus after a financial market crisis threatened to derail it on.ft.com/42VqPf9
October 27, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Every time I see this dude all I can think is “my, my, my, my Mitchell.”
Reposted by Kathleen Weldon
"normies do not care about this thing and so it is no use raising a stink" is imho just an excuse for not doing politics, which is the job of making normies care about something
October 24, 2025 at 2:47 AM
"normies do not care about this thing and so it is no use raising a stink" is imho just an excuse for not doing politics, which is the job of making normies care about something
Reposted by Kathleen Weldon
"Man goes scorched earth on ICE agents kidnapping people in his hometown."
Source:
old.reddit.com/r/PublicFrea...
Source:
old.reddit.com/r/PublicFrea...
October 22, 2025 at 4:21 AM
"Man goes scorched earth on ICE agents kidnapping people in his hometown."
Source:
old.reddit.com/r/PublicFrea...
Source:
old.reddit.com/r/PublicFrea...
Okay, old poll nerds. Any idea what this variable is about?
All I can think of is Young Frankenstein
All I can think of is Young Frankenstein
October 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Okay, old poll nerds. Any idea what this variable is about?
All I can think of is Young Frankenstein
All I can think of is Young Frankenstein
Reposted by Kathleen Weldon
October 20, 2025 at 10:04 PM
One of my favorite things is finding an old unpublished survey with data and documentation, then discovering through reading the questionnaire that the sample was really interesting.
If anyone want a survey of 500 working women in India in 1968, hit me up!
If anyone want a survey of 500 working women in India in 1968, hit me up!
October 20, 2025 at 7:37 PM
One of my favorite things is finding an old unpublished survey with data and documentation, then discovering through reading the questionnaire that the sample was really interesting.
If anyone want a survey of 500 working women in India in 1968, hit me up!
If anyone want a survey of 500 working women in India in 1968, hit me up!
Every single “leftist” account that is posting about how lame the protests are because only violence will bring about change: follows 200 people, is followed by 130, and has posted >1,500 times, almost all replies.
Color me skeptical.
Color me skeptical.
October 18, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Every single “leftist” account that is posting about how lame the protests are because only violence will bring about change: follows 200 people, is followed by 130, and has posted >1,500 times, almost all replies.
Color me skeptical.
Color me skeptical.
Reposted by Kathleen Weldon
Disability is one of the only minority groups you can join at any time.
Everyone thinks they will be the exception.
It won’t happen to them. They will “try harder” and overcome.
They think we’re failing.
It is not a moral failing and very few people will be the exception.
Everyone thinks they will be the exception.
It won’t happen to them. They will “try harder” and overcome.
They think we’re failing.
It is not a moral failing and very few people will be the exception.
October 15, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Disability is one of the only minority groups you can join at any time.
Everyone thinks they will be the exception.
It won’t happen to them. They will “try harder” and overcome.
They think we’re failing.
It is not a moral failing and very few people will be the exception.
Everyone thinks they will be the exception.
It won’t happen to them. They will “try harder” and overcome.
They think we’re failing.
It is not a moral failing and very few people will be the exception.
Reposted by Kathleen Weldon
This is a great resource.
Please share and wide:
We Have Rights
“An empowerment campaign to prepare for and safely defend our rights during encounters with Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE)”
#Pinks #ProudBlue
www.wehaverights.us
Please share and wide:
We Have Rights
“An empowerment campaign to prepare for and safely defend our rights during encounters with Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE)”
#Pinks #ProudBlue
www.wehaverights.us
October 15, 2025 at 5:23 AM
This is a great resource.
Please share and wide:
We Have Rights
“An empowerment campaign to prepare for and safely defend our rights during encounters with Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE)”
#Pinks #ProudBlue
www.wehaverights.us
Please share and wide:
We Have Rights
“An empowerment campaign to prepare for and safely defend our rights during encounters with Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE)”
#Pinks #ProudBlue
www.wehaverights.us
Another glued-not-resined.
October 14, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Another glued-not-resined.
It’s pissing me off that I can’t enjoy Diane Keaton’s brilliant performance as Annie Hall because Woody Allen ruined everything.
October 14, 2025 at 11:58 AM
It’s pissing me off that I can’t enjoy Diane Keaton’s brilliant performance as Annie Hall because Woody Allen ruined everything.