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The Climate Change Debate is Changing. Here's the Data to Prove It.

Common Ground / September 6th, 2023 / By Multiple Writers - Mixed

New data shows Americans are overwhelming in agreement on climate change. Where does the conversation go from here?

Environment, Sustainability, Climate Change, Data, Polls, Bipartisanship, Common Ground

What do we really think about Immigration?

Facts & Data / June 30th, 2023 / By Victor Allis

In June 2023, AllSides, CommonSense American and ActiVote collaborated on an Immigration Survey. Here are the results.

Immigration, Border Crisis, Asylum Seekers, Dreamers, Polls, Data

Election Day Coverage: What AllSides Will and Will Not Do

Recommended Reading / October 25th, 2022 / By AllSides Staff

Updated 11/3/2022 It's obvious the media has had a close eye on the 2022 midterm elections , and the vast effect election results will have on all Americans means journalists should cover results with the utmost care and responsibility. AllSides is no different. Here’s our news team’s...

2022 Elections, 2020 Election, Elections, Media Industry, Polls

When Foreign Policy Actually Affects Elections

Recommended Reading / September 26th, 2022 / By Dan Schnur

From the Center It’s a truism in American politics that voters pay little attention to foreign policy when casting their ballots. In the early stages of a foreign conflict with broad popular support, the party in power will usually realize some short-term benefit. And when public backing...

Foreign Policy, 2022 Elections, Joe Biden, Ukraine War, Afghanistan, Polls

When the Country Agrees With the Losing Candidate

Recommended Reading / November 17th, 2020 / By Dan Schnur

The amounts of analysis that has been written, spoken and posted since Election Day could fill the Grand Canyon several times over. But the most important piece of data from this month’s election has received almost no attention whatsoever. Among the roughly three-quarters of voters who...

Elections, 2020 Election, Polls, Public Opinion, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, White House

Why News Outlets Differ on Calling Arizona for Biden

News / November 6th, 2020 / By Joseph Ratliff

A peculiar feature of Wednesday’s post-election protests was some Trump supporters’ chants of “shame on Fox!,” in reference to Fox News , the right-leaning news media giant. While data shows Republicans trust Fox more than any other outlet, President Trump has publicly criticized the...

2020 Election, Elections, Arizona, Media Industry, Fox News, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Polls

Election Polls: Why They’re So Popular and How to Understand Them

News / October 23rd, 2020 / By Joseph Ratliff

As the 2020 election approaches, more and more news coverage is devoted to opinion polls. This coverage aims to accurately portray how the American public feels about political candidates. However, polls bring with them a host of statistical complexities and political implications that...

2020 Election, Polls, Public Opinion, Media Industry, Facts And Fact Checking, Polarization, Elections

When the President’s Options Start to Shrink

Recommended Reading / October 7th, 2020 / By Dan Schnur

Mark Twain told a story about the cat who sat on a hot stove. “That cat won’t ever sit on a hot stove again,” Twain said. “But he’ll never sit on a cold stove again either.” For the cat writing this column, the 2020 election is the political version of a cold stove. Four years ago,...

Polls, 2020 Election, Joe Biden, Donald Trump

A Study in Contrasts: Presidential Race Polling Coverage

Story of the Week / September 8th, 2016 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

Contradictory media coverage is never more apparent than in an election year, and the biases on each side of the news spectrum get stronger the closer we get to November. This is a season when even the “hard numbers” of polling statistics are described in strikingly different ways, as we...

Story Of The Week, News, Polls

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