Jane Rayburn
@janerayburn.bsky.social
Democratic Pollster, Adjunct Professor
FL 🐊 DC 🏛️ MA 🦪
FL 🐊 DC 🏛️ MA 🦪
So flattered @jamescdownie.bsky.social and exactly the kind of pollster I strive to be/candidates deserve! Our philosophy is not to be a pollster who tells candidates who to be or what positions to take but to help hone their passion for service and meet voters where they are. That’s the work!!
Fantastic interview with Mamdani's pollster @janerayburn.bsky.social by @davidnir.com and @dwbeard.bsky.social of @the-downballot.com. A particularly good example of the difference between a pollster who tells the candidate what to say and a good pollster: open.substack.com/pub/thedownb...
Zohran's pollster pulls back the curtain on how he won
Listen now | Jane Rayburn of Workbench Strategy gives us the inside scoop on a stunning upset
open.substack.com
July 19, 2025 at 10:34 PM
So flattered @jamescdownie.bsky.social and exactly the kind of pollster I strive to be/candidates deserve! Our philosophy is not to be a pollster who tells candidates who to be or what positions to take but to help hone their passion for service and meet voters where they are. That’s the work!!
Had the best time on @the-downballot.com and such a pleasure to be invited. I’m a little delayed in sharing but give us a listen if you have a few. Such a privilege to be invited!!
How did Zohran Mamdani pull off his astonishing upset? We just had an amazing conversation with his pollster, @janerayburn.bsky.social of Workbench Strategy, who pulls back the curtain on his win on this week's episode of The Downballot podcast. Listen here!
Zohran's pollster pulls back the curtain on how he won
Listen now | Jane Rayburn of Workbench Strategy gives us the inside scoop on a stunning upset
www.the-downballot.com
July 18, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Had the best time on @the-downballot.com and such a pleasure to be invited. I’m a little delayed in sharing but give us a listen if you have a few. Such a privilege to be invited!!
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OPINION TODAY featured podcast —
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's pollster pulls back the curtain on how he won: @davidnir.com and @dwbeard.bsky.social speak with @janerayburn.bsky.social of Workbench Strategy.
(@the-downballot.com)
opiniontoday.substack.com/i/168060559/...
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's pollster pulls back the curtain on how he won: @davidnir.com and @dwbeard.bsky.social speak with @janerayburn.bsky.social of Workbench Strategy.
(@the-downballot.com)
opiniontoday.substack.com/i/168060559/...
July 12, 2025 at 12:30 AM
OPINION TODAY featured podcast —
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's pollster pulls back the curtain on how he won: @davidnir.com and @dwbeard.bsky.social speak with @janerayburn.bsky.social of Workbench Strategy.
(@the-downballot.com)
opiniontoday.substack.com/i/168060559/...
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's pollster pulls back the curtain on how he won: @davidnir.com and @dwbeard.bsky.social speak with @janerayburn.bsky.social of Workbench Strategy.
(@the-downballot.com)
opiniontoday.substack.com/i/168060559/...
spending the lunch hour writing a questionnaire even on this day off. onward to building the future, no looking back.
January 20, 2025 at 5:12 PM
spending the lunch hour writing a questionnaire even on this day off. onward to building the future, no looking back.
I made pulled pork for New Year’s Day in Germany. Please clap.
January 2, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I made pulled pork for New Year’s Day in Germany. Please clap.
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A few days late in reading this, but what a wild tale of how Big Pharma made an opaque decision that delayed progress for millions by decades. Trying to wrap my brain around the lives that could have been saved or improved. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/25/o...
Opinion | Pfizer Stopped Us From Getting Ozempic Decades Ago
Researchers identified one key breakthrough for GLP-1 drugs in the 1980s, but Pfizer walked away.
www.nytimes.com
December 28, 2024 at 9:59 PM
A few days late in reading this, but what a wild tale of how Big Pharma made an opaque decision that delayed progress for millions by decades. Trying to wrap my brain around the lives that could have been saved or improved. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/25/o...
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No, you really shouldn't field surveys (in the US) over Christmas and other major US holidays. Our team pulled together some data to show why this isn't good for your surveys (not to mention your survey respondents)
www.survey160.com/methodologic...
www.survey160.com/methodologic...
How Texting Around the Holidays Impacts Survey Performance — Survey 160
A common question we get at Survey 160 when trying to decide the fielding window for a text message survey is whether texting around major U.S. holidays is likely to impact performance. In short, the ...
www.survey160.com
December 19, 2024 at 5:49 PM
No, you really shouldn't field surveys (in the US) over Christmas and other major US holidays. Our team pulled together some data to show why this isn't good for your surveys (not to mention your survey respondents)
www.survey160.com/methodologic...
www.survey160.com/methodologic...
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AAPOR issues a statement regarding the Trump. v. Selzer, Selzer & Company, Des Moines Register & Tribune Company & Gannett Co. Lawsuit. Read more here: bit.ly/4gHwhqb
AAPOR Statement on the TRUMP v. J. ANN SELZER, SELZER & COMPANY, DES MOINES REGISTER AND TRIBUNE COMPANY, and GANNETT CO., INC. Lawsuit - AAPOR
As a non-partisan organization, the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) is dedicated to championing the value of sound public opinion research. We aim to ensure the significance o...
bit.ly
December 17, 2024 at 8:24 PM
AAPOR issues a statement regarding the Trump. v. Selzer, Selzer & Company, Des Moines Register & Tribune Company & Gannett Co. Lawsuit. Read more here: bit.ly/4gHwhqb
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Congratulations to Senator Rebecca Perkins Kwoka on becoming the sixth woman to serve as N.H. Senate Democratic Leader!
Marye Caron Walsh, Eileen Foley, Bev Hollingworth, Sylvia Larsen, Donna Soucy & RPK!
Marye Caron Walsh, Eileen Foley, Bev Hollingworth, Sylvia Larsen, Donna Soucy & RPK!
December 4, 2024 at 4:20 PM
Congratulations to Senator Rebecca Perkins Kwoka on becoming the sixth woman to serve as N.H. Senate Democratic Leader!
Marye Caron Walsh, Eileen Foley, Bev Hollingworth, Sylvia Larsen, Donna Soucy & RPK!
Marye Caron Walsh, Eileen Foley, Bev Hollingworth, Sylvia Larsen, Donna Soucy & RPK!
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My four part messaging strategy for any Democrat for the next four years: ABCD
-Abortion is healthcare
-Build the damn roads (ie deliver on basic functions of government )
-Cost are too damn high (housing, health care, higher ed, help with kids and aging parents)
-Don’t forget about the corruption
-Abortion is healthcare
-Build the damn roads (ie deliver on basic functions of government )
-Cost are too damn high (housing, health care, higher ed, help with kids and aging parents)
-Don’t forget about the corruption
November 21, 2024 at 3:34 AM
My four part messaging strategy for any Democrat for the next four years: ABCD
-Abortion is healthcare
-Build the damn roads (ie deliver on basic functions of government )
-Cost are too damn high (housing, health care, higher ed, help with kids and aging parents)
-Don’t forget about the corruption
-Abortion is healthcare
-Build the damn roads (ie deliver on basic functions of government )
-Cost are too damn high (housing, health care, higher ed, help with kids and aging parents)
-Don’t forget about the corruption
I would like to clarify given the last month that my husband is talking about Michigan. Thank you.
HAIL TO THE VICTORS
November 30, 2024 at 9:01 PM
I would like to clarify given the last month that my husband is talking about Michigan. Thank you.
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History repeats.
In late February 1921, 2 weeks before taking office as POTUS, Warren Harding writes a letter to the richest man in America, William Randolph Hearst, thanking him for helping him win the presidency with favorable coverage in major newspapers he owned & begging for his advice.
In late February 1921, 2 weeks before taking office as POTUS, Warren Harding writes a letter to the richest man in America, William Randolph Hearst, thanking him for helping him win the presidency with favorable coverage in major newspapers he owned & begging for his advice.
November 30, 2024 at 1:15 AM
History repeats.
In late February 1921, 2 weeks before taking office as POTUS, Warren Harding writes a letter to the richest man in America, William Randolph Hearst, thanking him for helping him win the presidency with favorable coverage in major newspapers he owned & begging for his advice.
In late February 1921, 2 weeks before taking office as POTUS, Warren Harding writes a letter to the richest man in America, William Randolph Hearst, thanking him for helping him win the presidency with favorable coverage in major newspapers he owned & begging for his advice.
Many of you could be where we are—on the street—but for some simple and not uncommon twist of fate. This is part of your rejection, your fear that it could be you…Nothing good comes of fear, only destruction, & America has become a society of fear, much of that fear cultivated to divide and control.
This first-hand account of homelessness by former @BostonGlobe.com writer Patrick Fealey reminds us that its root cause is "a lack of affordable housing. Wages have not kept up with escalating real estate values and rents, especially in major cities." #mapoli
My Life As a Homeless Man in America
An extraordinary firsthand account.
buff.ly
November 30, 2024 at 7:10 PM
Many of you could be where we are—on the street—but for some simple and not uncommon twist of fate. This is part of your rejection, your fear that it could be you…Nothing good comes of fear, only destruction, & America has become a society of fear, much of that fear cultivated to divide and control.
TIL that the CEO of this app is named Lantian Jay Graber — and Lantian means… Blue Sky… because her mother wanted her to have “boundless freedom.” Here she is talking about common infrastructure for all on this app. That is one hell of a gorgeous life cycle.
Jay: I think social media should be basically common infrastructure that society gets to use and evolve it as society evolves, building a more democratic form of social media to reflect a democratic society.
November 20, 2024 at 2:45 PM
TIL that the CEO of this app is named Lantian Jay Graber — and Lantian means… Blue Sky… because her mother wanted her to have “boundless freedom.” Here she is talking about common infrastructure for all on this app. That is one hell of a gorgeous life cycle.
Hello, Bluesky! I’m so happy to be here. I’m not necessarily here to find likeminded community, just civil discourse that is reduced bot and adult content. I’m interested in politics, data, art, books, travel, and pets. Excited to explore this new space. Please follow and I’ll follow back!
November 17, 2024 at 1:12 AM
Hello, Bluesky! I’m so happy to be here. I’m not necessarily here to find likeminded community, just civil discourse that is reduced bot and adult content. I’m interested in politics, data, art, books, travel, and pets. Excited to explore this new space. Please follow and I’ll follow back!
This feels like a nice repost for my first BlueSky entry.
We need to stop listening to the Obama & Clinton strategists
We need to stop listening to the Pod Save America bros
We need people who aren’t mentally mired in the past
We need a new generation of strategists that are big picture innovators that aren’t afraid to take giant leaps into the unknown
We need to stop listening to the Pod Save America bros
We need people who aren’t mentally mired in the past
We need a new generation of strategists that are big picture innovators that aren’t afraid to take giant leaps into the unknown
November 15, 2024 at 6:45 PM
This feels like a nice repost for my first BlueSky entry.