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The Horse Race @thehorserace.bsky.social · 5h

This week: Steve and Jenn on @edmarkey.bsky.social's reelection prospects; Rich and Jenn on new MPG polling for Mass Taxpayers Foundation and @abundanthousingma.org; and which state is most excited for spooky season? soundcloud.com/user-7275171...

Episode 367: Permanent Markey

This week on The Horse Race, Steve and Jenn look at polling on Ed Markey's 2026 reelection prospects. Then Jenn is joined by Rich Parr, VP of the MassINC Polling Group, to discuss recent polling on Ma

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The Horse Race @thehorserace.bsky.social · 7d

This week, AI is coming to (or for?) local journalism; @cwbeacon.bsky.social's Chris Lisinski on how the shutdown will impact Massachusetts; and goodbye, dial-up internet soundcloud.com/user-7275171...

A Shutdown Showdown (ft. Chris Lisinski)

Today on The Horse Race, Jenn and Steve talk AI's new role in local political reporting. Then Chris Lisinski, reporter for Commonwealth Beacon, joins the program to discuss his latest reporting on the

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The Horse Race @thehorserace.bsky.social · 21d

This week, Jenn goes to YIMBYTown; then, Steve and Jenn dissect the new @cwbeacon.bsky.social health care poll soundcloud.com/user-7275171...

Episode 365: YIMBYtown and Health Care Frowns

This week on The Horse Race, Jenn is dispatched to New Haven to attend the

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The Horse Race @thehorserace.bsky.social · 28d

This week Steve and Jenn on the blowout Boston Mayoral preliminary election -- can Josh Kraft do anything to close the gap? Then they unpack some new national approval rating polls.
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Episode 364: #BOSMayor Mind the Enormous Gap

This week on The Horse Race, Steve and Jenn discuss the results of the Boston Mayoral preliminary election -- by all accounts a blowout for Michelle Wu setting up a tough road to November for Josh Kra

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The Horse Race @thehorserace.bsky.social · Sep 4

This week Jenn and Steve talk with @politico.com's @kellygarrity.bsky.social about the Trump administration’s threats to ramp up ICE presence in Boston. Plus, we are down to the top three choices for a new Massachusetts state flag.
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Episode 363: Mass. Dems Resist Federal Pressure on Boston

This week on The Horse Race, Jenn and Steve talk with Politico's Kelly Garrity about the Trump administration's recent threats to ramp up ICE presence in Boston. Trump has also threatened to send Nati

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The Horse Race @thehorserace.bsky.social · Aug 28

This week, Jenn and Steve discuss their recent experiences with international transit and the new submissions for the Mass state flag and motto. Plus, is automatic voter registration making Democrats' woes look worse than they are really are? soundcloud.com/user-7275171...

Episode 362: Are Mass. Dems Really Jumping Ship?

This week on The Horse Race Jenn and Steve talk discuss how automatic voter registration is making Democrats’ woes look worse than they are. And, of course, all the new Mass. flag submissions.

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The Horse Race @thehorserace.bsky.social · Aug 21

This week, @skoczela.bsky.social and @richparr79.bsky.social discuss a new state ranking that has Massachusetts on top. Then @massincpolling.bsky.social's latest (with @wayfinders.bsky.social for @massdot.bsky.social ) on transportation in Western Mass. soundcloud.com/user-7275171...

Episode 361: Getting Around the Springfield Region

This week on The Horse Race, Steve sits down with Rich Parr VP of the MassINC Polling Group to talk about a new poll they conducted for MassDOT. This highly detailed report, entitled

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The Horse Race @thehorserace.bsky.social · Aug 14

This week, @skoczela.bsky.social and @deehan.bsky.social discuss the over 40 questions that Mass. voters could see on their 2026 ballot. Will these ballot questions spur the State Legislature, the least productive in the nation, into action? soundcloud.com/user-7275171...

Episode 360: Could 40+ Questions on Your Ballot Help Legislative Productivity? (ft. Mike Deehan)

Last week was the deadline to file ballot questions for November 2026 and over 40 ballot questions made it through. These are questions that ultimately could become law covering a wide range of topics

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The Horse Race @thehorserace.bsky.social · Aug 7

This week, @jenndotsmith.bsky.social and @richparr79.bsky.social discuss what happened at the BLS, what Democrats' sagging poll numbers spell doom for 2026, and what effect that could have in deep blue Massachusetts soundcloud.com/user-7275171...

Episode 359: Debating Democrat Doomerism

This week on The Horse Race Jenn asks Rich Parr, VP of the Mass inc polling group a very simple question: 'are the dems doomed?' With a surprising glint of optimism, Parr breaks down the latest pollin

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Steve Koczela @skoczela.bsky.social · Jul 31

New pod! The great Katie Lannan on how the Massachusetts state fiscal picture could go horribly wrong. Also, @richparr79.bsky.social and I break down the @bostonglobe.com mayoral poll. soundcloud.com/user-7275171...

Episode 358: A Potential Big Beautiful Budgetary Disaster

This week on The Horse Race, Steve sits down with Rich Parr, VP of The MassINC Polling Group to discuss new polling on the mayoral election. Then Steve is joined by Katie Lannan of GBH News to tell th

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The Horse Race @thehorserace.bsky.social · Jul 31

This week: @skoczela.bsky.social and @richparr79.bsky.social on the latest Boston mayoral polling; @gbhnews.bsky.social 's Katie Lannan on what federal funding uncertainly means for the newly passed state budget; plus, the race for cat-mayor of the Somerville Bike Path soundcloud.com/user-7275171...

Episode 358: A Potential Big Beautiful Budgetary Disaster

This week on The Horse Race, Steve sits down with Rich Parr, VP of the Mass Inc Polling Group to discuss new polling on the mayoral election. Then Steve is joined by Katie Lennan, reporter for GBH new

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The Horse Race @thehorserace.bsky.social · Jul 17

This week on The Horse Race, Steve and Jenn are joined by @cwbeacon.bsky.social reporter @bhaamatib.bsky.social to talk about the fight to regulate nicotine use in the Commonwealth.
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Episode 357: A Nicotine Free Generation

This week on The Horse Race, Steve and Jenn are joined by CommonWealth Beacon reporter Bhaamati Borkhetaria to talk about the fight to regulate nicotine use in the Common Wealth. In recent years, vari

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The Horse Race @thehorserace.bsky.social · Jul 11

After years of delayed budgets, Massachusetts came ever so close to being on time this year. Steve, Jenn and Chris Lisinski of @statehousenews.com discuss how we got here and why this year was different.
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Episode 356: The Ghost of Budgets Passed

After years of delayed budgets, the Massachusetts state budget came ever so close to coming on time this year. This week on The Horse Race, Steve and Jenn are joined by Chris Lisinski of Statehouse Ne

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The Horse Race @thehorserace.bsky.social · Jun 26

This week @skoczela.bsky.social and @jenndotsmith.bsky.social discuss reactions to Iran news .... Local kids push for an official state salamander

Episode 355: Trump Attacks Iran. What do Polls Show? What do Massachusetts Politicians Think?

This week on The Horse Race, Jenn and Steve discuss the flurry of news from the Middle East this weekend. Then they discuss various polls which reveal how Americans are feeling about Trump's unannounc

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The Horse Race @thehorserace.bsky.social · Jun 19

This week, @gintautasd.bsky.social of @cwbeacon.bsky.social talks #MAGOV, Canada meeting with Northeast pols, and.... Dunkin' lip gloss? www.massincpolling.com/our-work/epi...

Episode 354: An Ol' Fashioned Governor Giddy-up — MassINC Polling Group

This week on The Horse Race, Steve Koczela and Jenn Smith are joined by CommonWealth reporter Gin Dumcius. The race for Governor is beginning and candidates such as Maura Healey and Mike Keneally and ...

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The Horse Race @thehorserace.bsky.social · Jun 12

Steve and Jenn take a fresh look at what this moment could mean right here in MA.

Episode 353: LA to MA, Saddle Up!

What could the situation in LA mean for Massachusetts? This week on The Horse Race, Jenn Smith is joined by Steve Koczela to discuss recent New England polling which reveals growing political pessimis

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The Horse Race @thehorserace.bsky.social · Jun 5

Join Jenn & Steve for an early update on key MA elections, who is running... and who is definitely not running. Then Prof Paul Watanabe joins to discuss a groundbreaking new poll on issues facing APIA residents of MA. And finally, donut day's feminist history?!

Episode 352: Elections, and Polling, and Donuts! Oh My! (ft. Dr Watanabe)

This week on The Horse Race, Jenn Smith is joined by Steve Koczela for an early update on key Massachusetts elections, who is running... and who is definitely not running. Then, Jenn and Steve are joi

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The Horse Race @thehorserace.bsky.social · May 22

This week, @skoczela.bsky.social talks to @richparr79.bsky.social about the recent AAPOR conference, running down how pollsters are discussing AI tech uses and taking stock of the 2024 cycle. Plus, your best suggestions for a new state seal and motto.

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Episode 350: NEIGH-POR

This week on The Horse Race, Steve talks to MassINC Polling Group VP Rich Parr about his trip to the annual conference of the American Association of Public Opinion Researchers (AAPOR), which featured

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The Horse Race @thehorserace.bsky.social · May 15

It's all about housing this week on the Horse Race. First, Jenn talks to @jessekb.bsky.social about a new @abundanthousingma.org poll (done by MPG). Then MPG's Olivia Wine joins to talk about a new report on the Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program www.massincpolling.com/our-work/epi...

Episode 349: Home is Where the Polls Are — MassINC Polling Group

This week, it's a double housing policy polling special from the MassINC Polling Group. Jenn interviews Jesse Kanson-Benanav of Abundant Housing Massachusetts about a new poll MPG conducted for them, ...

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The Horse Race @thehorserace.bsky.social · May 8

This week, @skoczela.bsky.social and @jenndotsmith.bsky.social discuss a survey of nonprofit workers by @massincpolling.bsky.social @bostonfdn.bsky.social and @massnonprofitnet.bsky.social, asking about the impacts of the Trump administration on the nonprofit sector

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Episode 348: Take Nothing for Grant-ed

This week on The Horse Race, Steve and Jenn discuss a MassINC Polling Group survey that asked nonprofit workers and leaders what impacts they expect the Trump administration to have on their organizat

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The Horse Race @thehorserace.bsky.social · May 2

This week on The Horse Race, Steve and Jenn go international, looking at the polling both around the Canadian federal election and around the first hundred days of the second Donald Trump administration. Plus, horse *and* Dunkin content. www.massincpolling.com/our-work/epi...

Episode 347: Whoa, Canada! — MassINC Polling Group

This week on The Horse Race, Steve and Jenn go international, looking at the polling both around the Canadian federal election and around the first hundred days of the second Donald Trump administrati...

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The Horse Race @thehorserace.bsky.social · Apr 17

This week, Steve and Jenn on the latest Trump polling -- it all depends on how you ask. Then, @gbhnews.bsky.social reporter Katie Lannan on how Beacon Hill is handling budget season federal uncertainty, and scandal at the State House.
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Episode 346: Polling on Thin ICE

This week on The Horse Race, Steve and Jenn discuss the latest polling on the Trump administration's actions, especially divides that show up in different ways of asking about the same issue. Then, GB

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The Horse Race @thehorserace.bsky.social · Apr 3

And here's the piece with those new #mapoli poll numbers: commonwealthbeacon.org/politics/mas...

Massachusetts Democrats want delegation to fight Trump. The rest of the state? Not so much.

Given that Massachusetts is one of the deepest blue states, it makes sense that it would be firmly in the vanguard of the resistance to Trump. The challenge for the state’s all-Democratic congressiona...

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The Horse Race @thehorserace.bsky.social · Apr 3

New pod: John Gee on new @massincpolling.bsky.social numbers on how Massachusetts voters feel about national politics. Then, Jenn on her longform on climate and housing crisis on the Cape and Islands, kicking off @cwbeacon.bsky.social's Climate Month soundcloud.com/user-7275171...

Episode 345: Political Erosion

This week on The Horse Race, Steve and Jenn are joined by John Gee of The MassINC Polling Group to discuss new MPG polling on how Massachusetts voters are feeling about national politics right now. Th

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The Horse Race @thehorserace.bsky.social · Mar 27

This week, @skoczela.bsky.social, @jenndotsmith.bsky.social, and @richparr79.bsky.social discuss new polling from @massincpolling.bsky.social and Transportation for Massachusetts. Plus, fair housing funding cuts and "the group chat situation."

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Episode 344: Signals Crossed

This week on The Horse Race, Steve and Jenn are joined by Rich Parr to discuss new polling on transportation in Massachusetts from The MassINC Polling Group, and Jenn explains how federal funding cuts

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