Andrew Mangan
@mangan.bsky.social
Writer, editor. Currently: Daily Kos. Formerly: FiveThirtyEight, Data for Progress. andrewmangan.com
Why does the president pardon a turkey? I dug through decades of data on this strange tradition and unearthed a lot of even stranger lore about the U.S.
A light column for Thanksgiving week: www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
A light column for Thanksgiving week: www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Why the flock do presidents pardon turkeys?
Survey Says is a weekly series rounding up the most important polling trends or data points you need to know about, plus a vibe check on a trend that’s driving politics or culture. In the ...
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November 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Why does the president pardon a turkey? I dug through decades of data on this strange tradition and unearthed a lot of even stranger lore about the U.S.
A light column for Thanksgiving week: www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
A light column for Thanksgiving week: www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
I reported about this trend back in August. Good to see major outlets finally noticing it.
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November 13, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I reported about this trend back in August. Good to see major outlets finally noticing it.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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AI companies are playing edgelord with your livelihood.
My latest column shows just how out of touch those companies—and their valuations—are in our current moment.
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My latest column shows just how out of touch those companies—and their valuations—are in our current moment.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Where do people fit into an AI future?
Survey Says is a weekly series rounding up the most important polling trends or data points you need to know about, plus a vibe check on a trend that’s driving politics or culture.
The ...
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November 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
AI companies are playing edgelord with your livelihood.
My latest column shows just how out of touch those companies—and their valuations—are in our current moment.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
My latest column shows just how out of touch those companies—and their valuations—are in our current moment.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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Raids inside day cares had been off limits until this year, when, on his first day in office, President Donald Trump removed that protection.
The arrest reportedly took place in front of children.
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The arrest reportedly took place in front of children.
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‘I have papers’: Child care worker detained by ICE officers inside a Chicago day care
Raids inside day cares had been off limits until this year, when, on his first day in office, President Donald Trump removed that protection.
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November 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Raids inside day cares had been off limits until this year, when, on his first day in office, President Donald Trump removed that protection.
The arrest reportedly took place in front of children.
19thnews.org/2025/11/chil...
The arrest reportedly took place in front of children.
19thnews.org/2025/11/chil...
Trump just hit his lowest net job approval in his second term, per Nate Silver
October 30, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Trump just hit his lowest net job approval in his second term, per Nate Silver
New data finds that Americans think life in the U.S. is getting worse, confirming a trend I looked at last month in my column.
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October 30, 2025 at 8:59 PM
New data finds that Americans think life in the U.S. is getting worse, confirming a trend I looked at last month in my column.
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Only 60% of Americans say witches *don't* exist—and it gets even weirder from there in my latest column:
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1 in 4 Americans believes in witches. What the devil?
Survey Says is a weekly series rounding up the most important polling trends or data points you need to know about, plus a vibe check on a trend that’s driving politics or culture.
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October 27, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Only 60% of Americans say witches *don't* exist—and it gets even weirder from there in my latest column:
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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Why hasn't the U.S. broken the glass ceiling when so many peer countries have? The reasons run deeper than sexism.
I dig deep in my latest column: www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
I dig deep in my latest column: www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Japan may soon get its first female leader. Why hasn’t the US?
Survey Says is a weekly series rounding up the most important polling trends or data points you need to know about, plus a vibe check on a trend that’s driving politics or culture. Japan is ...
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October 13, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Why hasn't the U.S. broken the glass ceiling when so many peer countries have? The reasons run deeper than sexism.
I dig deep in my latest column: www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
I dig deep in my latest column: www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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new polls website just dropped fiftyplusone.news
October 9, 2025 at 2:49 PM
new polls website just dropped fiftyplusone.news
Trump's approval rating is falling, and some polling suggests his free-speech crackdown could be driving it.
I dive into the numbers: www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
I dive into the numbers: www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Trump’s attack on free speech could be costing him bigly
Survey Says is a weekly series rounding up the most important polling trends or data points you need to know about, plus a vibe check on a trend that’s driving politics. The Trump administration ...
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September 29, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Trump's approval rating is falling, and some polling suggests his free-speech crackdown could be driving it.
I dive into the numbers: www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
I dive into the numbers: www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Why are executions up this year? I dig into the data for my latest column: www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Red states unleash their bloodlust
Survey Says is a weekly series rounding up the most important polling trends or data points you need to know about, plus a vibe check on a trend that’s driving politics.
Republican states enjoy ...
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September 3, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Why are executions up this year? I dig into the data for my latest column: www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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I ran the numbers on Trump's new favorite phrase and was pretty shocked by the results. Check out my latest column to see.
Thank you for your attention to this matter!
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Thank you for your attention to this matter!
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Thank you for your attention to Trump’s weird new tic
Survey Says is a weekly series rounding up the most important polling trends or data points you need to know about, plus a vibe check on a trend that’s driving politics.
Donald Trump has a new ...
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August 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I ran the numbers on Trump's new favorite phrase and was pretty shocked by the results. Check out my latest column to see.
Thank you for your attention to this matter!
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Thank you for your attention to this matter!
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New polling on Israel/Palestine and Trump's climate-killing EPA, as well as a dive into the mirror world of right-wing pollsters.
My latest "Survey Says" column:
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
My latest "Survey Says" column:
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Americans don't buy Netanyahu’s lie about Gaza hunger crisis
Survey Says is a weekly series rounding up the most important polling trends or data points you need to know about, plus a vibe check on a trend that’s driving politics. A man-made famine in ...
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August 5, 2025 at 8:41 PM
New polling on Israel/Palestine and Trump's climate-killing EPA, as well as a dive into the mirror world of right-wing pollsters.
My latest "Survey Says" column:
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
My latest "Survey Says" column:
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Trump's approval polls, they're bad. Historically bad.
My latest Survey Says column:
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
My latest Survey Says column:
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Trump 2.0 makes history—and not in a good way
Survey Says is a weekly series rounding up the most important polling trends or data points you need to know about, plus a vibe check on a trend that’s driving politics.
Trump in the tank
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July 30, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Trump's approval polls, they're bad. Historically bad.
My latest Survey Says column:
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
My latest Survey Says column:
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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JD Vance wants you to have more babies—for America! Meanwhile, Americans are like: “Sure, right after I find $13,000 lying around for daycare and a health care system that doesn’t kill me during childbirth.”
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JD Vance wants you to have more babies—for America! Meanwhile, Americans are like: “Sure, right after I find $13,000 lying around for daycare and a health care system that doesn’t kill me during childbirth.”
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JD Vance wants more babies. Americans want help raising them
Survey Says is a weekly series rounding up the most important polling trends or data points you need to know about, plus a vibe check on a trend that’s driving politics. Global birth rates are ...
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July 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
📣 Survey Says ...
JD Vance wants you to have more babies—for America! Meanwhile, Americans are like: “Sure, right after I find $13,000 lying around for daycare and a health care system that doesn’t kill me during childbirth.”
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
JD Vance wants you to have more babies—for America! Meanwhile, Americans are like: “Sure, right after I find $13,000 lying around for daycare and a health care system that doesn’t kill me during childbirth.”
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
So much digital ink was spilled last year about America's anti-immigration turn ... when, in reality, it was just basic thermostatic politics.
New Gallup data reveals Americans are suddenly more supportive of immigration after they've seen a few months of Trump's crackdown.
New Gallup data reveals Americans are suddenly more supportive of immigration after they've seen a few months of Trump's crackdown.
July 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM
So much digital ink was spilled last year about America's anti-immigration turn ... when, in reality, it was just basic thermostatic politics.
New Gallup data reveals Americans are suddenly more supportive of immigration after they've seen a few months of Trump's crackdown.
New Gallup data reveals Americans are suddenly more supportive of immigration after they've seen a few months of Trump's crackdown.
Elon Musk has an extremely naive view of the party system in America. Three weeks ago, I dove into that and why the main planks of Democratic Party’s platform are supported by a decisive majority of Americans. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Elon Musk has an idea for a new political party—that already exists
Survey Says is a weekly series rounding up the most important polling trends or data points you need to know about, plus a vibe check on a trend that’s driving politics.
About a week ago, as his ...
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July 6, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Elon Musk has an extremely naive view of the party system in America. Three weeks ago, I dove into that and why the main planks of Democratic Party’s platform are supported by a decisive majority of Americans. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Republican support for same-sex marriage is tumbling. I dive into why in my latest Survey Says column: www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
A key civil right is losing support. Plus, the polls missed Mamdani
Survey Says is a weekly series rounding up the most important polling trends or data points you need to know about, plus a vibe check on a trend that’s driving politics.
Republicans flip-flop-...
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June 30, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Republican support for same-sex marriage is tumbling. I dive into why in my latest Survey Says column: www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
My latest Survey Says column is on the totally uncontroversial topic of Biden's reported cognitive decline—and why it unfortunately matters to Democrats' future.
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Why Biden's decline matters to Democrats' future
Survey Says is a weekly column rounding up the most important polling trends or data points you need to know about. You’ll also find data-based updates on past Daily Kos reporting, plus a vibe ...
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June 2, 2025 at 2:51 PM
My latest Survey Says column is on the totally uncontroversial topic of Biden's reported cognitive decline—and why it unfortunately matters to Democrats' future.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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