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2022 Midterm Elections: Latest News, Polls and Examples of Media Bias

Recommended Reading / June 30th, 2022 / By AllSides Staff

As AllSides continues to track the 2022 midterm elections, this blog is tracking major news, updates, poll data and examples of media bias related to the elections happening across the nation.

2022 Elections, Elections, Public Opinion, Voting Rights And Voter Fraud

When a Cure for Polarization Appears

Recommended Reading / March 21st, 2022 / By Dan Schnur

The first important ingredient for unanimity is a villain, and American public opinion has turned overwhelmingly against Vladimir Putin.

Polarization, Bridging Divides, Ukraine War, Public Opinion

How Did President Biden's First Year Go?

Story of the Week / January 20th, 2022 / By AllSides Staff

Several major polls reported this week that Biden's approval rating is at its lowest point of his presidency.

Story Of The Week, Joe Biden, White House, Coronavirus, Inflation, Afghanistan, Public Opinion

Our analysis of 7 months of polling data shows friendships, the economy and firsthand experience shaped and reshaped views on COVID-19 risks

Recommended Reading / August 3rd, 2021 / By The Conversation

Even though Americans shared the experience of living through a global pandemic, their individual attitudes towards it differed and evolved – sometimes dramatically. Here’s what we discovered.

Coronavirus, Public Opinion

When Crime Starts to Matter to Voters Again

Recommended Reading / June 25th, 2021 / By Dan Schnur

From the Center This view is from an author rated as Center. Even by presidential standards, this week has been a particularly hectic one at the Biden White House. Take Wednesday, for example: It was the day after the Democrats’ high-priority voting reform bill had been filibustered to...

Criminal Justice, Crime, Voting, Public Opinion, White House

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

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 Data, Polarization, Elections

The Roles and Responsibilities of Op-Ed Sections and of the Public

News / July 30th, 2020 / By Gina Baleria

Recent conversations and controversies surrounding the venerable op-ed pages at the New York Times and Wall Street Journal have been framed in various ways, with commentators using phrases such as cancel culture, an attack on freedom of speech, an example of poor fact checking, and other...

Media Bias, Free Speech, Public Opinion, Media Industry, Polarization

Tag: Public Opinion