Ariel Edwards-Levy
@aedwardslevy.bsky.social
Polling editor at CNN, keeping (cross)tabs on public opinion and the news. I like puns.
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How do you read a poll? CNN polling editor Ariel Edwards-Levy walks you through it yourfirstbyline.substack.com/p/how-to-rea...
How to Read a Poll
CNN polling editor Ariel Edwards-Levy walks you through everything you need to know.
yourfirstbyline.substack.com
Excited to share some tips for writing about polls for anyone coming in cold to the subject!
(Pictured: a thing on which pollsters are probably not calling you these days).
(Pictured: a thing on which pollsters are probably not calling you these days).
this is a new one
November 27, 2025 at 3:52 AM
this is a new one
not, it must be said, what is typically meant by "catch and kill a bear"
November 26, 2025 at 11:26 PM
not, it must be said, what is typically meant by "catch and kill a bear"
this has come to fruition
November 26, 2025 at 2:19 PM
this has come to fruition
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what if wet Judy
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what if wet Judy
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wet Judy assume that
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pies are not good
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what if wet Judy
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wet Judy assume that
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pies are not good
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November 26, 2025 at 3:18 AM
what if wet Judy
ram a lam
what if wet Judy
ram a lam
wet Judy assume that
ram a lam
pies are not good
ram a lam
ram a lam
what if wet Judy
ram a lam
wet Judy assume that
ram a lam
pies are not good
ram a lam
what if wet Judy assume that very few people actually argue about politics over Thanksgiving dinner, in part due to partisan sorting but also because many people are less highly engaged with current events
What if wet Judy assume that pies aren’t good for us but are delicious anyway and don’t worry about which had moderately worse health effects?
Scientific American asked experts which type of Thanksgiving pie spikes blood sugar the most—and how to eat healthier while still enjoying the holidays
November 26, 2025 at 3:15 AM
what if wet Judy assume that very few people actually argue about politics over Thanksgiving dinner, in part due to partisan sorting but also because many people are less highly engaged with current events
the loch ness monster is the original hard-to-reach respondent
November 25, 2025 at 10:43 PM
the loch ness monster is the original hard-to-reach respondent
MURIEL BOWS-OUT
November 25, 2025 at 7:36 PM
MURIEL BOWS-OUT
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Today is a good day to remind you that none of the classic vote studies thought very highly of women's political competence.
November 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Today is a good day to remind you that none of the classic vote studies thought very highly of women's political competence.
apropos of absolutely nothing, an example of fragmented, slyly political prose about someone observing society while their life falls apart but also the writing is good
my roman empire is how every paragraph of the book speedboat by renata adler feels like getting lightly stabbed (complimentary)
November 25, 2025 at 3:50 PM
apropos of absolutely nothing, an example of fragmented, slyly political prose about someone observing society while their life falls apart but also the writing is good
between "study on honesty appears to have used fabricated data," "study on cognitive dissonance after thwarted expectations may not show what it was believed to" and possibly "data for study on use of AI generated by LLM" we're pretty close to either a Dramatic Irony bracket or a trend piece
November 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
between "study on honesty appears to have used fabricated data," "study on cognitive dissonance after thwarted expectations may not show what it was believed to" and possibly "data for study on use of AI generated by LLM" we're pretty close to either a Dramatic Irony bracket or a trend piece
some personal news: I haven't worn this coat in a while and I just found a tiny, stretchy purple skeleton (?) in the pocket
November 24, 2025 at 10:42 PM
some personal news: I haven't worn this coat in a while and I just found a tiny, stretchy purple skeleton (?) in the pocket
This is enormously sweet www.cnn.com/2025/11/23/u...
She was a bus driver who answered questions from a curious 5th grader. A decade later, they reconnected — as colleagues | CNN
Though Sam Mencimer didn’t know it at the time, all those moments with his favorite bus driver, Joy Kenley – the never-ending questions, the bus depot tour – would have a lasting impact on his life.
www.cnn.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:27 PM
This is enormously sweet www.cnn.com/2025/11/23/u...
folks, if "putting your gross bare feet on someone else's armrests" becomes affectively polarized, I absolutely swear
Duffy on his demand that air travelers not wear slippers or pajamas: "It honors our country ... don't take your shoes off and put your feet on the chair ahead of you"
November 24, 2025 at 8:57 PM
folks, if "putting your gross bare feet on someone else's armrests" becomes affectively polarized, I absolutely swear
nothing will stop me from reading "ANDOR" as a regional chapter of AAPOR
November 24, 2025 at 8:33 PM
nothing will stop me from reading "ANDOR" as a regional chapter of AAPOR
Big new survey from Pew on Latino Americans' views of Trump's second term
www.pewresearch.org/race-and-eth...
www.pewresearch.org/race-and-eth...
November 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Big new survey from Pew on Latino Americans' views of Trump's second term
www.pewresearch.org/race-and-eth...
www.pewresearch.org/race-and-eth...
More survey responses should incorporate the word "fiasco"
November 24, 2025 at 8:14 PM
More survey responses should incorporate the word "fiasco"
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sports stories that are funnier if you read the team's name as a lowercase noun
(e.g. "It’s a bit of a challenge for public officials, most notably Brandon Johnson, because people are going to be upset if the bears leave")
(e.g. "It’s a bit of a challenge for public officials, most notably Brandon Johnson, because people are going to be upset if the bears leave")
Sixty-eight percent of Chicagoans want the Bears to stay in Chicago, but 65 percent oppose spending public money on a new stadium, according to new NORC data.
Robert McCoppin reports on the findings in the @chicagotribune.com: go.norc.org/48wSjLc
Robert McCoppin reports on the findings in the @chicagotribune.com: go.norc.org/48wSjLc
Most Chicagoans want the Bears to stay, poll finds, but don’t want to spend tax dollars for a new stadium
Most Chicagoans want the Bears to stay, but don’t want to spend public money to keep them, a new survey has found.
go.norc.org
November 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
sports stories that are funnier if you read the team's name as a lowercase noun
(e.g. "It’s a bit of a challenge for public officials, most notably Brandon Johnson, because people are going to be upset if the bears leave")
(e.g. "It’s a bit of a challenge for public officials, most notably Brandon Johnson, because people are going to be upset if the bears leave")
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If you're a reporter writing about Thanksgiving and looking for data, @pewresearch.org has data.
91% of Americans celebrate Thanksgiving. That includes large majorities of immigrants, too, including people who have immigrated to the US in the last decade.
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
91% of Americans celebrate Thanksgiving. That includes large majorities of immigrants, too, including people who have immigrated to the US in the last decade.
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
November 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
If you're a reporter writing about Thanksgiving and looking for data, @pewresearch.org has data.
91% of Americans celebrate Thanksgiving. That includes large majorities of immigrants, too, including people who have immigrated to the US in the last decade.
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
91% of Americans celebrate Thanksgiving. That includes large majorities of immigrants, too, including people who have immigrated to the US in the last decade.
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
what's stopping your survey from utilizing this questionnaire design (via www.nytimes.com/interactive/...)
November 24, 2025 at 4:47 PM
what's stopping your survey from utilizing this questionnaire design (via www.nytimes.com/interactive/...)
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1st: This would be among the most dramatic events in US history.
2nd: I'm very skeptical resignations force a transfer of power.
3rd: If discontent is this widespread why has House done almost nothing to push back?
4th: Johnson... no bueno.
Likely hyperbole but not a good look regardless.
2nd: I'm very skeptical resignations force a transfer of power.
3rd: If discontent is this widespread why has House done almost nothing to push back?
4th: Johnson... no bueno.
Likely hyperbole but not a good look regardless.
PUNCHBOWL: “.. GOP members messaged us over the weekend saying that they, too, are considering retiring in the middle of the term. Here’s one particularly exercised senior House Republican:
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November 24, 2025 at 4:21 PM
1st: This would be among the most dramatic events in US history.
2nd: I'm very skeptical resignations force a transfer of power.
3rd: If discontent is this widespread why has House done almost nothing to push back?
4th: Johnson... no bueno.
Likely hyperbole but not a good look regardless.
2nd: I'm very skeptical resignations force a transfer of power.
3rd: If discontent is this widespread why has House done almost nothing to push back?
4th: Johnson... no bueno.
Likely hyperbole but not a good look regardless.
do you have time to answer a few questions on some topics you'll find interesting, ask the poller bears
November 24, 2025 at 2:29 AM
do you have time to answer a few questions on some topics you'll find interesting, ask the poller bears
the proof that my account is authentically DC based is that no one else would complain this much about escalefting
November 24, 2025 at 1:58 AM
the proof that my account is authentically DC based is that no one else would complain this much about escalefting
Quite like this question about the issues people say they're looking at when evaluating Trump's presidency
www.cbsnews.com/news/poll-ve...
www.cbsnews.com/news/poll-ve...
November 23, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Quite like this question about the issues people say they're looking at when evaluating Trump's presidency
www.cbsnews.com/news/poll-ve...
www.cbsnews.com/news/poll-ve...