Welcome! I’m G. Elliott Morris, data journalist for The Economistand blogger of polls, elections, and political science. Happy Sunday! Here’s my weekly newsletter with links to what I’ve been reading and writing that puts the news in context with public opinion polls, political science, other data (some “big,” some small) and looks briefly at the week ahead. Let’s jump right in! Feedback? Drop me a line or just respond to this email.
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This Week's Big Question
Primaries are second-order chaos events. That means that political predictions and media coverage of them have consequences. Let me explain.
Remember that meme “it’s time for some game theory?” Well… IT’S TIME FOR SOME CHAOS THEORY. I joke, but really, let’s do that.
Before the 2020 invisi…
