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.
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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).
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@kaleighrogers.bsky.social takes a great inside look at one of the most infamous charts in FiveThirtyEight history: www.poynter.org/ethics-trust...
January 21, 2026 at 5:29 PM
@kaleighrogers.bsky.social takes a great inside look at one of the most infamous charts in FiveThirtyEight history: www.poynter.org/ethics-trust...
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A few more
- "Haunted house effects"
- "The call is coming from inside the field house"
- "In a self administered web survey, no one can hear you scream"
- "Haunted house effects"
- "The call is coming from inside the field house"
- "In a self administered web survey, no one can hear you scream"
struggling mightily not to reply to this with "THEN WHO WAS PHONE?"
January 21, 2026 at 2:20 PM
A few more
- "Haunted house effects"
- "The call is coming from inside the field house"
- "In a self administered web survey, no one can hear you scream"
- "Haunted house effects"
- "The call is coming from inside the field house"
- "In a self administered web survey, no one can hear you scream"
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All around Dionysian stage
The drama was cerebral
Orestes thought the sea was calm
Pop goes the weasel
The drama was cerebral
Orestes thought the sea was calm
Pop goes the weasel
January 21, 2026 at 3:10 AM
All around Dionysian stage
The drama was cerebral
Orestes thought the sea was calm
Pop goes the weasel
The drama was cerebral
Orestes thought the sea was calm
Pop goes the weasel
storm weasel is the original milkshake duck
imagine being the guy who accidentally said "weasel" at a weird time 2400 years ago
January 21, 2026 at 2:10 AM
storm weasel is the original milkshake duck
struggling mightily not to reply to this with "THEN WHO WAS PHONE?"
January 21, 2026 at 1:44 AM
struggling mightily not to reply to this with "THEN WHO WAS PHONE?"
sometimes the only sentiment index necessary is the number of As in these posts tbh
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January 20, 2026 at 10:37 PM
sometimes the only sentiment index necessary is the number of As in these posts tbh
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there are bad uses cases for LLMs, but it must be said that the Washington Post's summaries of their article comments are consistently very funny
January 20, 2026 at 5:36 PM
there are bad uses cases for LLMs, but it must be said that the Washington Post's summaries of their article comments are consistently very funny
(speaking to cat): spss spss spss spss, here kitty
cat: syntax error, all commands will be ignored
cat: syntax error, all commands will be ignored
January 20, 2026 at 4:23 PM
(speaking to cat): spss spss spss spss, here kitty
cat: syntax error, all commands will be ignored
cat: syntax error, all commands will be ignored
gonna need more than a crossword's worth of letters tbh
January 20, 2026 at 3:16 PM
gonna need more than a crossword's worth of letters tbh
January 20, 2026 at 2:49 AM
do you think the stars have anthrologers who tell them that their baby nova was born under, like, a rising steve sign
January 19, 2026 at 3:15 PM
do you think the stars have anthrologers who tell them that their baby nova was born under, like, a rising steve sign
why is "leaving the base and going home" good if you're a baseball player but try it in the military and suddenly you're AWOL
January 19, 2026 at 3:07 AM
why is "leaving the base and going home" good if you're a baseball player but try it in the military and suddenly you're AWOL
there is no bit of lazily deployed Internet slang I'm more ready to see move on than "my brother/sister in christ"
January 18, 2026 at 7:56 PM
there is no bit of lazily deployed Internet slang I'm more ready to see move on than "my brother/sister in christ"
we have officially entered the ugh days of winter
January 17, 2026 at 7:32 PM
we have officially entered the ugh days of winter
it's been a long week of staring at explicable spreadsheets, so what if for a change I stared at some WILDLY CONFUSING spreadsheets
or mystery hunt
January 17, 2026 at 4:55 PM
it's been a long week of staring at explicable spreadsheets, so what if for a change I stared at some WILDLY CONFUSING spreadsheets
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ME: can you confirm my priors?
REPORTER: you can just read the story like everyone else
ME, confused, points to my already-drafted quote post: please. my priors
REPORTER: you can just read the story like everyone else
ME, confused, points to my already-drafted quote post: please. my priors
January 16, 2026 at 10:09 PM
ME: can you confirm my priors?
REPORTER: you can just read the story like everyone else
ME, confused, points to my already-drafted quote post: please. my priors
REPORTER: you can just read the story like everyone else
ME, confused, points to my already-drafted quote post: please. my priors
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datawrapper and the purple crayon
January 16, 2026 at 8:10 PM
datawrapper and the purple crayon
tfw you're trying to make a bar chart but datawrapper is bored
January 16, 2026 at 8:08 PM
tfw you're trying to make a bar chart but datawrapper is bored
Runaway Emu Leads Florida Corporal in 45-Minute Police Chase
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:35 PM
mute button getting a healthy workout today
January 16, 2026 at 4:16 PM
mute button getting a healthy workout today
New from us: Public opinion on nearly every aspect of President Donald Trump’s first year back in the White House is negative, a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS finds.
www.cnn.com/2026/01/16/p...
www.cnn.com/2026/01/16/p...
January 16, 2026 at 3:09 PM
New from us: Public opinion on nearly every aspect of President Donald Trump’s first year back in the White House is negative, a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS finds.
www.cnn.com/2026/01/16/p...
www.cnn.com/2026/01/16/p...
whiskey fridays is reminding me that when I was at HuffPost, we had a podcast whose original name I can no longer recall that everyone just called "drinking and talking" and eventually the name just sort of changed to that
January 16, 2026 at 3:07 PM
whiskey fridays is reminding me that when I was at HuffPost, we had a podcast whose original name I can no longer recall that everyone just called "drinking and talking" and eventually the name just sort of changed to that
once again asking the news to hold still for long enough to let me ask people about it
January 15, 2026 at 10:55 PM
once again asking the news to hold still for long enough to let me ask people about it
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Major factors in the U.S. decision to take military action in Venezuela.
(@jennagiesta.bsky.social and @aedwardslevy.bsky.social, CNN)
More, via Opinion Today:
opiniontoday.substack.com/p/260115
(@jennagiesta.bsky.social and @aedwardslevy.bsky.social, CNN)
More, via Opinion Today:
opiniontoday.substack.com/p/260115
January 15, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Major factors in the U.S. decision to take military action in Venezuela.
(@jennagiesta.bsky.social and @aedwardslevy.bsky.social, CNN)
More, via Opinion Today:
opiniontoday.substack.com/p/260115
(@jennagiesta.bsky.social and @aedwardslevy.bsky.social, CNN)
More, via Opinion Today:
opiniontoday.substack.com/p/260115