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Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's polls go up after he's caught lying about...
Back in August, Toronto Mayor Rob "Laughable Bumblefuck" Ford was caught smoking crack. Now he's been caught lying about smoking crack -- and smearing his critics with still more lies, and his...
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Interactive chart displays opinion gaps between scientists and public
Pew Research Center just released an interactive chart showing gaps between scientific consensus and public opinion. Refine results by gender, age, race, education, ideology, political party, and...
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The values gap between America and Europe
Another oldie, doing the rounds today thanks to Twitter, is a 2011 "values" poll from Pew Research which found striking differences between how Americans and Europeans think about stuff. (moreā¦)
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If Iceland held its elections today, the Pirate Party would win
Pirate Party MP Birgitta Jonsdottir has long sat in the Icelandic parliament, later joined by two more MPs, being part of the reform movement that has repudiated the Icelandic establishment, which...
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Britons vote to name $287m research ship "Boaty McBoatface"
After asking the public to decide upon a name for a $287m research ship, Britain's Natural Environment Research Council is feeling stupid, because they've picked "Boaty McBoatface." āThe storm that has...
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Sanders supporters are the least racist
Reuters' largest poll of 2016 on the racial attitudes of supporters of various political candidates found that Trump supporters are seriously racist, Clinton supporters are a little less racist than...
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Unskew the polls! Trumpkins claim they're rigged
In the 2012 election, as it became clear Barack Obama was polling better than Mittens Romney, it was claimed the polls were "skewed" in favor of Democratic candidates. Turned out that the polls...
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Report: Trump angry at own aides after they concede he lost debate
People close to Trump are admitting he got thrashed by Hillary Clinton on Monday. But they're doing so on condition of anonymity and pharaoh is displeased. (moreā¦)
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Trump in a slump
A week after his dreadful debate performance with Hillary Clinton, polls have headed south for Donald Trump. (moreā¦)
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Canadians overwhelmingly support trade war with the USA if the alternative is...
A Globe and Mail poll of Canadians shows that 58% of the country wants PM Justin Trudeau's government to stand strong on NAFTA's terms, even if it means a trade war with the USA. (moreā¦)
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U.S. voters think Trump is an "idiot," and now trust media more than him to...
Not a good day in the polls for the beleaguered President. Everyone knows he's lying, and when asked, āWhat is the first word that comes to mind when you think of Donald Trump,āĀ the top answer?...
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Poll has Britons in full-throated approval of Corbynism (if not Corbyn)
Ever since he became leader of the UK Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn has faced bitter attacks from the "left-wing" establishment, the press, and his own party, despite his repeated, unprecedented...
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No matter what Trump does, his base quickly forgives him
After video of Trump admitting to a string of sexual assaults appeared last October, his approval rating bottomed out; a month later, it had recovered -- and he was the President. (moreā¦)
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For the first time, Jeremy Corbyn overtakes Theresa May in UK polls
Nearly two weeks after the Tories lost their majority in an own-goal election lost despite the use of allegedly unassailable media-manipulation techniques, Prime Minister Theresa May has been edged...
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How did 19 films each get an F on CinemaScore?
CinemaScore is basically an influential exit poll at movie theatres. Despite over 30 years of scores, only 19 films currently hold the dubious distinction of getting an F. Vulture's Kevin Lincoln found...
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A quarter of US military "sees white nationalism" in the ranks
A survey by the Military Times found that nearly a quarter of US servicepeople see "white nationalism" among their peers, and believe that the white nationalist agenda is more of a national security...
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Charts showing how much support Trump has lost from different voting blocs
The New York Times has assembled a suite of charts that help visualize the data from pollsters Morning Consult, who've been tracking Trump's approval rating every day since he took office as the least...
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No such thing as Bernie Bros: Bernie's approval rates are women 50%, blacks...
A Quinnipiac poll of 1,212 voters taken last week found that Bernie Sanders was far and away the most viable Democratic candidate (76% approval), beating Oprah (69%) and Gillibrand (25%) -- and that...
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Swing district poll suggests that progressive policies could deliver a 2018...
Democratic pollster Celinda Lake surveyed 600 likely voters in 30 "swing" districts (districts that are considered too close to call in the 2018 midterms), along with 300 "surge" voters (who are less...
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As thousands of children are torn from their parents, Trump's popularity...
In case you thought that kidnapping babies would awaken the moral consciences of Trump supporters, be told: Trump's approval rating hit its all-time peak on Monday, with 45% of Americans saying he is...
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