I think this is fascinating to be able to do polling without preselecting topics that may lead the outcomes. AI seems be an important tool to process natural language top of mind responses from the population. Get the public feedback and then tease out the issues. Fantastic. I also think keeping careful double checks and experts to monitor things as you have done is / will be a powerful way forward with "the survey".
Always impressed with the way you guys seek to innovate with polling methodology and bring out the truth in public sentiment. Bravo to the Strength in Numbers team
Thanks, G. Instead of the usual vague “Do you approve of X?” polling, you asked about consequences - mass deportations, regime behavior, emotional response. It really matters.
You broke it down by how people feel: fear, trust, instability. That’s the layer most pollsters avoid, and it’s the one shaping the public narrative right now.
I’ve been talking about this kind of internal polling for a while now, and I wanted to come on here and say thank you.
Polling from the top down in a bottom-up movement is what Democrats often get wrong , they wait for change, then chase it. This survey actually leads.
Hoping the Democratic party can get their act together in working for all Americans interests, and lose any allegiance to corporate money. They would do just fine with small dollar donations spent wisely, and a sincere effort to tackle the problems of hardworking people just trying to live well. Those who won't go that route?...vote them out.
I think that's a good long-term goal, but in the short term, we need as big of a coalition as possible - only relying on small-dollar donations won't matter until that Citizens United decision is overturned.
I am a bit confused as to how the poll is run - how the sample is collected and people surveyed. The only reference I see above is to the University of Michigan/CNN/Verasight survey? CNN has become pretty bias and is no longer really independent since its Republican takeover, so just curious how they are involved. For example AP News as independent journalism is unaffiliated with either party. Thanks
Interesting poll. I hope that Democrats planning to run in 2026 (and those states with elections in 2025) take notice. It also shows the importance of drawing attention to economic and immigration issues in the media that voters consume.
Regarding the abundance agenda, it is depressing to me that only 28% of respondents favor relaxing zoning rules to build more homes.
I'm old enough the remember the construction boom of the early to mid 2000s. New homes, including multifamily units were going up everywhere. Now it seems like nothing gets built, particularly in blue parts of the country.
I haven't checked stats lately, but I feel like the construction of new homes is not keeping pace anywhere near close to the growth of population in the country.
I feel like part of it is that for many Americans, their home is their primary source of net worth.
I also feel that this leads to a situation where Americans who have homes staunchly oppose new home building, because it will put downward pressure on home prices. Multifamily feels like it gets particularly maligned because it attracts the "wrong people" to the neighborhood.
I don't know what the answer to this is, but it's not acceptable. We can't keep people from affording a basic need because other Americans who have a home want to make more money. Also, multifamily housing units play a part in this. They are often the affordable first rung on the ladder to home ownership.
At at minimum, I'd like to see some sort of a plan to incentivize the building of new homes to roughly align with the growth in population.
Additionally, we need to make up the gap of under building of homes that's occurred from the Great Recession to present.
This is what got us into trouble last time. Generic candidates are no more real than a fantasy baseball game. It’s magical thinking. You want to do polls, or more importantly, research? Get to know the voters, ALL voters, find out what’s important to them, and message accordingly. Please get serious.
Democrats are associated more with warmth than Republicans (Rule & Ambady, 2010) so conservative respondents in you message test of feelings toward parties might rate the Republican party lower on warmth *and think that's a good thing.* In other words, since warmth is confounded with party, it might be better to ask people how much they like parties rather than how warm they are.
I think this is fascinating to be able to do polling without preselecting topics that may lead the outcomes. AI seems be an important tool to process natural language top of mind responses from the population. Get the public feedback and then tease out the issues. Fantastic. I also think keeping careful double checks and experts to monitor things as you have done is / will be a powerful way forward with "the survey".
Always impressed with the way you guys seek to innovate with polling methodology and bring out the truth in public sentiment. Bravo to the Strength in Numbers team
Thanks, G. Instead of the usual vague “Do you approve of X?” polling, you asked about consequences - mass deportations, regime behavior, emotional response. It really matters.
You broke it down by how people feel: fear, trust, instability. That’s the layer most pollsters avoid, and it’s the one shaping the public narrative right now.
I’ve been talking about this kind of internal polling for a while now, and I wanted to come on here and say thank you.
Polling from the top down in a bottom-up movement is what Democrats often get wrong , they wait for change, then chase it. This survey actually leads.
Hoping the Democratic party can get their act together in working for all Americans interests, and lose any allegiance to corporate money. They would do just fine with small dollar donations spent wisely, and a sincere effort to tackle the problems of hardworking people just trying to live well. Those who won't go that route?...vote them out.
I think that's a good long-term goal, but in the short term, we need as big of a coalition as possible - only relying on small-dollar donations won't matter until that Citizens United decision is overturned.
I am a bit confused as to how the poll is run - how the sample is collected and people surveyed. The only reference I see above is to the University of Michigan/CNN/Verasight survey? CNN has become pretty bias and is no longer really independent since its Republican takeover, so just curious how they are involved. For example AP News as independent journalism is unaffiliated with either party. Thanks
Methodology is at the bottom of the page, and in the linked topline document.
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Interesting poll. I hope that Democrats planning to run in 2026 (and those states with elections in 2025) take notice. It also shows the importance of drawing attention to economic and immigration issues in the media that voters consume.
BRAVO - brilliant clean data + analysis!
Distressing - What stands out to me is how poorly informed we are...
(based on the ratings of what people have been mostly informed about, at all).
Regarding the abundance agenda, it is depressing to me that only 28% of respondents favor relaxing zoning rules to build more homes.
I'm old enough the remember the construction boom of the early to mid 2000s. New homes, including multifamily units were going up everywhere. Now it seems like nothing gets built, particularly in blue parts of the country.
I haven't checked stats lately, but I feel like the construction of new homes is not keeping pace anywhere near close to the growth of population in the country.
I feel like part of it is that for many Americans, their home is their primary source of net worth.
I also feel that this leads to a situation where Americans who have homes staunchly oppose new home building, because it will put downward pressure on home prices. Multifamily feels like it gets particularly maligned because it attracts the "wrong people" to the neighborhood.
I don't know what the answer to this is, but it's not acceptable. We can't keep people from affording a basic need because other Americans who have a home want to make more money. Also, multifamily housing units play a part in this. They are often the affordable first rung on the ladder to home ownership.
At at minimum, I'd like to see some sort of a plan to incentivize the building of new homes to roughly align with the growth in population.
Additionally, we need to make up the gap of under building of homes that's occurred from the Great Recession to present.
This is what got us into trouble last time. Generic candidates are no more real than a fantasy baseball game. It’s magical thinking. You want to do polls, or more importantly, research? Get to know the voters, ALL voters, find out what’s important to them, and message accordingly. Please get serious.
Thank you so much for the poll. Do we have crosstabs?
Democrats are associated more with warmth than Republicans (Rule & Ambady, 2010) so conservative respondents in you message test of feelings toward parties might rate the Republican party lower on warmth *and think that's a good thing.* In other words, since warmth is confounded with party, it might be better to ask people how much they like parties rather than how warm they are.