Rodrigo Castro Cornejo
rcastrocornejo.bsky.social
Rodrigo Castro Cornejo
@rcastrocornejo.bsky.social
Political Science Professor @UMassLowell @UML_CPO | Co-PI @ENEM_Mexico | Partisanship, polarization, public opinion & surveys (+🇲🇽 politics)
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From our October National Poll @umlcpo.bsky.social

Democrats=95%, Independents=68%, Republicans=29%

18-29=70%, 30-44=68%, 45-64=61%, 65+=58%

More data: uml.edu/Research/public-opinion/polls/default.aspx
November 13, 2025 at 7:38 PM
From our Aug/Sept NYC poll @umlcpo.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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What happened in Tuesday's elections? Here's our anatomy of a blue wave: www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
November 9, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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November 7, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Dem gains in this week's elections erased the inroads Trump made with non-white, young, and low-income voters in 2024. In fact, the R-to-D shift from 24 to 25 is double Trump's gains from 20-24. Claims of a GOP political realignment have been highly exaggerated
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trumps-win...
Trump's winning 2024 coalition has evaporated
Claims of a conservative realignment of non-whites, the working class, and young voters have been highly exaggerated
www.gelliottmorris.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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"claims of a fundamental realignment of American politics have been highly exaggerated"

this happens ***every single time*** someone proclaims a realignment
Dem gains in this week's elections erased the inroads Trump made with non-white, young, and low-income voters in 2024. In fact, the R-to-D shift from 24 to 25 is double Trump's gains from 20-24. Claims of a GOP political realignment have been highly exaggerated
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trumps-win...
Trump's winning 2024 coalition has evaporated
Claims of a conservative realignment of non-whites, the working class, and young voters have been highly exaggerated
www.gelliottmorris.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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Trump at a -16 net approval rating among all adults now, per our average at @fiftyplusone.news, and flirting with dropping below 40% approval.

fiftyplusone.news/polls/approv...
November 7, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Spanberger now at 15 and change. please feel free to read too much into it.
how to handicap VA results:
Sears + >0: hail king trump
Spanberger +1-5: dems in serious trouble
Spanberger +5-10: normal shift, anything could happen
Spanberger +10-15: don't read too much into it
Spanberger +15-20: read too much into it
Spanberger +20: hail queen aoc
November 6, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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November 6, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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I've spent my life advocating for a politics challenging oligarchy. It's been an unpleasant and difficult line of work, to say the least. So when I see the longtime opponents of this kind of politics suddenly appropriating it as their new "centrism," I'm happy.

A short 🧵...
Welcome To The New Uprising
Zohran Mamdani’s victory could be a turning point for Democrats — if the party finally learns from its past leaders’ betrayals.
www.levernews.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
November 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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The question for the midterms is:
where will Trump's approval rating be? He started the second term at +12, 8 points ahead of where he was in '17. now that gap has shrunk to about 2-3 points.

where will the economy be? Trump had a *roaring* economy in 2018.
November 5, 2025 at 2:31 PM
From our UMass Lowell Center for Public Opinion NYC poll — broad support for Mamdani’s policies.
From our Aug/Sept NYC UMass-Lowell Center for Public Opinion Poll

More info: uml.edu/research/public-opinion/polls/2025/nyc-mayoral.aspx
November 5, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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From our Aug/Sept NYC UMass-Lowell Center for Public Opinion Poll

More info: uml.edu/research/public-opinion/polls/2025/nyc-mayoral.aspx
November 5, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Today is election day.

**More data from the new UMass-Lowell Center for Public Opinion National Poll**

52%=much/somewhat harder to pay for basic necessities
Less than 50K = 60%, 50K-100K = 52%, 100K+= 42%
White = 48%, Black=70%, Hispanic=54%
November 4, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Trump has lost 15 points with independents since February
November 4, 2025 at 12:06 AM
More data from our new national poll 👇
** New UMass-Lowell / Center for Public Opinion National Poll **

If the 2026 elections for U.S. House of Representatives were held today...
November 4, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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depending on model, this suggests a shift between D+11 and D+30 seats, based solely on Abramowitz's model.
** New UMass-Lowell / Center for Public Opinion National Poll **

If the 2026 elections for U.S. House of Representatives were held today...
November 3, 2025 at 10:33 PM
More data from our national poll:
** New UMass-Lowell / Center for Public Opinion National Poll **

If the 2026 elections for U.S. House of Representatives were held today...
November 3, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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** New UMass-Lowell / Center for Public Opinion National Poll **

Presidential Approval = 42%
Independents = 30%
White = 50%, Black = 17%, Hispanic = 35%
18-29 = 28%, 30-44 = 41%, 45-64 = 49%, 65+ = 44%

More info: uml.edu/Research/public-opinion/polls/default.aspx
October 30, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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The new UMass-Lowell Center for Public Opinion National Poll featured in @theguardian.com

Complete story here: t.co/Ug0MqHyca9
November 1, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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The new UMass-Lowell Center for Public Opinion National Poll featured in @newsweek.com

The complete article here: t.co/VMkaXfLr6l
November 1, 2025 at 5:28 PM
The results of our new national poll 👇🏽👇🏽

@umlcpo.bsky.social @johncluverius.bsky.social
** New UMass-Lowell / Center for Public Opinion National Poll **

Presidential Approval = 42%
Independents = 30%
White = 50%, Black = 17%, Hispanic = 35%
18-29 = 28%, 30-44 = 41%, 45-64 = 49%, 65+ = 44%

More info: uml.edu/Research/public-opinion/polls/default.aspx
October 30, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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New "How not to write a poll question" example just dropped. (Kids: Learn to not write horrible poll questions like this.)
October 6, 2025 at 9:57 PM
UMass-Lowell Center for Public Opinion Poll (@UMassLowell @UML_CPO) - Survey of NYC Likely Voters

Zohran Mandani 44%
Andrew Cuomo 25%

More info: uml.edu/polls
September 17, 2025 at 6:41 PM