Scott Clement
@sfcpoll.bsky.social
Washington Post polling team. "Public Sentiment Is Everything" - Abraham Lincoln
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Voters divided on midterms despite broad Trump disapproval, poll finds
Most Americans disapprove the president’s handling of top issues, and a majority say he has gone too far in exercising his powers.
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Voters are divided on the midterms despite broad Trump disapproval, Post-ABC-Ipsos poll finds. Most Americans disapprove of Trump's handling of top issues, and a majority say he has gone too far in exercising his powers, new with Dan Balz & @abtran.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Characteristics of SNAP recipients, from new @pewresearch.org analysis:
—87% born in the US, 13% born elsewhere
—27% employed in all months of the year, 12% employed in some months, 61% employed in no months
Full analysis and downloadable data: www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
—87% born in the US, 13% born elsewhere
—27% employed in all months of the year, 12% employed in some months, 61% employed in no months
Full analysis and downloadable data: www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
November 14, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Characteristics of SNAP recipients, from new @pewresearch.org analysis:
—87% born in the US, 13% born elsewhere
—27% employed in all months of the year, 12% employed in some months, 61% employed in no months
Full analysis and downloadable data: www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
—87% born in the US, 13% born elsewhere
—27% employed in all months of the year, 12% employed in some months, 61% employed in no months
Full analysis and downloadable data: www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
Trump said gangs invaded this city. Voters booted the officials who agreed. Liberals who won in Aurora, Colorado, say voters were focused on affordability, trash and other local issues. Story from Aurora, Colorado by Karin Brulliard www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
Trump said gangs invaded this city. Voters booted the officials who agreed.
Liberals who won in Aurora, Colorado, say voters were focused on affordability, trash and other local issues.
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November 14, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Trump said gangs invaded this city. Voters booted the officials who agreed. Liberals who won in Aurora, Colorado, say voters were focused on affordability, trash and other local issues. Story from Aurora, Colorado by Karin Brulliard www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
That escalated quickly www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
November 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
That escalated quickly www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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Before a race, you might see seasoned runners at the starting line sprinting or jumping while they wait for go-time. But your warmup routine can be simple, especially if you are new to running.
Here are some easy steps you can take:
Here are some easy steps you can take:
Should you stretch before a run? The answer may surprise you.
The goal of a warm-up is to make the race experience easier and more comfortable.
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November 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Before a race, you might see seasoned runners at the starting line sprinting or jumping while they wait for go-time. But your warmup routine can be simple, especially if you are new to running.
Here are some easy steps you can take:
Here are some easy steps you can take:
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Data journalist @jeremybmerrill.com analyzed 38,000 ChatGPT conversations and found AI has gotten less formal -- dropping some words and adding contractions -- while clinging to the EmDash and some cliched constructions. w/ @emmakumer.bsky.social & SzuYu Chen: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...
November 13, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Data journalist @jeremybmerrill.com analyzed 38,000 ChatGPT conversations and found AI has gotten less formal -- dropping some words and adding contractions -- while clinging to the EmDash and some cliched constructions. w/ @emmakumer.bsky.social & SzuYu Chen: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...
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Really good reporting here by WaPo on the internal debates and discussions around how @mayorbowser.dc.gov has handled Trump since he took office again this year, especially amidst the federal takeover he launched in August: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
Behind the scenes of the D.C. mayor’s battle to keep Trump at bay
D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser has worked behind the scenes to appease President Trump more often than has been publicly known since his reelection.
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November 13, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Really good reporting here by WaPo on the internal debates and discussions around how @mayorbowser.dc.gov has handled Trump since he took office again this year, especially amidst the federal takeover he launched in August: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
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I love this lede from NYT's Victor Mather on the death of the penny
November 12, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I love this lede from NYT's Victor Mather on the death of the penny
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Deep dive on voters Mamdani added to Democratic coalition — specifically those who didn't vote for Kamala Harris in '24
They are younger, more ethnically diverse, and less affluent than consistent voters, and they voted for somewhat distinct reasons
Analysis: www.cbsnews.com/news/cbs-new...
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Deep dive on voters Mamdani added to Democratic coalition — specifically those who didn't vote for Kamala Harris in '24
They are younger, more ethnically diverse, and less affluent than consistent voters, and they voted for somewhat distinct reasons
Analysis: www.cbsnews.com/news/cbs-new...
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The voters Mamdani added to the Democratic coalition in New York, a CBS News analysis
Zohran Mamdani's mayoral campaign turned out lots of voters who didn't back Kamala Harris last year — they are ethnically diverse, younger and less affluent.
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November 12, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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Deep dive on voters Mamdani added to Democratic coalition — specifically those who didn't vote for Kamala Harris in '24
They are younger, more ethnically diverse, and less affluent than consistent voters, and they voted for somewhat distinct reasons
Analysis: www.cbsnews.com/news/cbs-new...
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Deep dive on voters Mamdani added to Democratic coalition — specifically those who didn't vote for Kamala Harris in '24
They are younger, more ethnically diverse, and less affluent than consistent voters, and they voted for somewhat distinct reasons
Analysis: www.cbsnews.com/news/cbs-new...
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Never thought I would live to see the day the Metropolitan Branch Trail stretch from Fort Totten to Takoma along Blair Road NW opened, but here we are!
November 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Never thought I would live to see the day the Metropolitan Branch Trail stretch from Fort Totten to Takoma along Blair Road NW opened, but here we are!
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New job alert! Today I started as the new managing editor of @votebeat.org, a nonprofit news site that covers election administration and voting rights issues.
November 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
New job alert! Today I started as the new managing editor of @votebeat.org, a nonprofit news site that covers election administration and voting rights issues.
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Going to be writing some things for MSNBC/NOW.
Here’s a look at how Trump says great things are going to happen when they aren’t because he wants you not to be mad about the bad things that actually *are* happening. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Here’s a look at how Trump says great things are going to happen when they aren’t because he wants you not to be mad about the bad things that actually *are* happening. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Opinion | Trump's $2000 checks from tariff revenue? The math doesn't add up.
Here are the charts to prove it.
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November 11, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Going to be writing some things for MSNBC/NOW.
Here’s a look at how Trump says great things are going to happen when they aren’t because he wants you not to be mad about the bad things that actually *are* happening. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Here’s a look at how Trump says great things are going to happen when they aren’t because he wants you not to be mad about the bad things that actually *are* happening. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A rural Kansas county has agreed to pay a little more than $3 million and apologize over a law enforcement raid on a small-town weekly newspaperin August 2023 that sparked an outcry over press freedom, the paper’s editor said Tuesday. apnews.com/article/kans...
Kansas county agrees to pay $3 million over law enforcement raid on a small-town newspaper
The editor of a small-town Kansas newspaper says his rural county has agreed to pay a little more than $3 million and apologize over police raid on the paper in August 2023.
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November 11, 2025 at 8:44 PM
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A rural Kansas county has agreed to pay a little more than $3 million and apologize over a law enforcement raid on a small-town weekly newspaperin August 2023 that sparked an outcry over press freedom, the paper’s editor said Tuesday. apnews.com/article/kans...
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“Climate change has fallen into the ‘friend zone’ of voting.” @shannonosaka.bsky.social @kcrowebasspro.bsky.social report that Democrats are hardly talking about climate change anymore, focused on energy affordability instead:
Climate change is out. Energy affordability is in.
A Washington Post analysis of Democratic lawmakers’ appearances and social media posts show they are going quiet on climate.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
“Climate change has fallen into the ‘friend zone’ of voting.” @shannonosaka.bsky.social @kcrowebasspro.bsky.social report that Democrats are hardly talking about climate change anymore, focused on energy affordability instead:
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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...
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Prediction markets: Not very predictive!
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November 8, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Prediction markets: Not very predictive!
www.howtoreadthisch.art/red-versus-b...
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Very proud of this one from @gedge1.bsky.social: The complete story, and the legacy, of "Take on Me" -- and the unfinished tale of A-ha. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
‘Take On Me’ has been stuck in our heads for 40 years. Here’s how it got there.
“Take On Me,” the 1980s synth-pop hit song from the band A-ha, marks 40 years of global ubiquity even while personal disputes have chilled the Norwegian trio.
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November 8, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Very proud of this one from @gedge1.bsky.social: The complete story, and the legacy, of "Take on Me" -- and the unfinished tale of A-ha. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
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U Michigan consumer sentiment fell to 50.3 in preliminary November data. That is just 0.3 higher than the low point of the Biden administration, 50.0, in June 2022 at the peak of the inflation surge. Down 29.9% year-over-year. www.sca.isr.umich.edu
November 7, 2025 at 6:11 PM
U Michigan consumer sentiment fell to 50.3 in preliminary November data. That is just 0.3 higher than the low point of the Biden administration, 50.0, in June 2022 at the peak of the inflation surge. Down 29.9% year-over-year. www.sca.isr.umich.edu
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This is the woman who made a joking video about SNAP, then was featured in a Fox News story that didn't mention it was a joke, then went viral, then was labeled AI. I found her original post and she shared this in response
November 7, 2025 at 1:52 PM
This is the woman who made a joking video about SNAP, then was featured in a Fox News story that didn't mention it was a joke, then went viral, then was labeled AI. I found her original post and she shared this in response
I wrote about 2025 poll accuracy for The Post's Early Brief newsletter, with context from 2016-2024 from the @aapor.bsky.social report released last week
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November 7, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I wrote about 2025 poll accuracy for The Post's Early Brief newsletter, with context from 2016-2024 from the @aapor.bsky.social report released last week
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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quite a chart from WashPost www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
November 5, 2025 at 5:23 PM
quite a chart from WashPost www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
After GOP losses, Trump urges Republicans to end shutdown by terminating the filibuster, via Cleve Wootson www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
After GOP losses, Trump urges Republicans to end shutdown, filibuster
Trump told a group of GOP leaders gathered at the White House on Wednesday that if Republicans end the Senate filibuster, “it’ll be impossible to beat us.”
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November 5, 2025 at 6:27 PM
After GOP losses, Trump urges Republicans to end shutdown by terminating the filibuster, via Cleve Wootson www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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One of the high points of my early years at The Post, as a kid who grew up in New York in the 1980s, was having a byline on Mario Cuomo's obituary. The extent to which that surname was tarnished prior to the past few months and absolutely dragged into the gutter in the past few weeks is staggering.
November 5, 2025 at 3:40 AM
One of the high points of my early years at The Post, as a kid who grew up in New York in the 1980s, was having a byline on Mario Cuomo's obituary. The extent to which that surname was tarnished prior to the past few months and absolutely dragged into the gutter in the past few weeks is staggering.
There's a popular song about war, what it's good for. That is how Americans view tariffs (I'll leave now) www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
November 4, 2025 at 1:07 PM
There's a popular song about war, what it's good for. That is how Americans view tariffs (I'll leave now) www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
As costs rise again, most Americans fault Trump, Post-ABC-Ipsos poll finds. Story by @abha-b.bsky.social @abtran.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
November 4, 2025 at 12:54 PM
As costs rise again, most Americans fault Trump, Post-ABC-Ipsos poll finds. Story by @abha-b.bsky.social @abtran.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Details here on how exit polling/poll of election voters! For the in-the-weeds details on methodology, see: ssrs.com/wp-content/u...
This year, for the first time since 2016, CNN, ABC, CBS, Fox News, NBC and the Associated Press are working together to produce exit polls, in collaboration with SSRS, a nonpartisan research company that also conducts CNN’s polling. https://cnn.it/48TVi0W
November 3, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Details here on how exit polling/poll of election voters! For the in-the-weeds details on methodology, see: ssrs.com/wp-content/u...