@RuthIgielnik

News surveys @nytimes. Formerly @pewresearch. Mostly tweet about polls, politics and data. Married to @benbwieder.

 Washington DC
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Joined June 2008
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Christine Zhang@christinezhangOct 16
NEW: How Americans Feel About Socialism Polls show Americans feel more favorable toward socialism, even as there’s disagreement on what the term means w/@RuthIgielnik @carolinelsoler & Jillian Vordick nyti.ms/4zHzL5P

How Americans Feel About Socialism: What Polls and Primary Elections Show (Gift Article)

Public opinion polls and recent primary results have shown that socialism is growing in popularity, even as there’s disagreement on what it means.

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Our Time/Siena poll shows Talarico with a 6-pt lead in Texas. Notably, in 2018, our poll showed Beto down by a similar margin in the state. nytimes.com/2026/10/03/us/se…
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New Times/Siena polls show Senate races in Republican states tilt toward Democrats nytimes.com/2026/10/03/us/se…

Senate Races in Republican States Tilt Toward Democrats, Polls Find

Democrats are performing strongly in five reliably Republican states where they are trying to flip Senate seats to win control of the chamber, new New York Times/Siena polls found.

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Ben Wieder@benbwiederJul 19
NEW: ‘Complete 180’: How the DOJ has redefined its civil rights mission and targeted California latimes.com/politics/story/2…

'Complete 180': How the DOJ has redefined its civil rights mission and targeted California

California has been the target of more civil rights actions than any other state. The civil rights division is led by California-native Harmeet Dhillon.

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Ben Wieder@benbwiederJun 21
NEW: Super PACs linked to AI giants OpenAI & Anthropic have blanketed the airwaves with political ads in Congressional races from the Big Apple to Big Sky country, making them among the top outside spenders on Congressional races this year latimes.com/politics/story/2…

'I got crushed': AI giants are funding ad wars in races across the country

In some races, the AI-backed political groups have spent more than the candidates they are backing.

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Ruth Graham@publicroadApr 16
A new poll finds a sharp rise in the share of men under 30 who say that religion is “very important” to them. New from me and @RuthIgielnik (gift link): nytimes.com/2026/04/16/us/po…
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Big news! We are now a Times-Times household
Ben Wieder@benbwiederMar 17
Thrilled to be joining the @latimes DC bureau this week to investigate all things Washington! Please send tips my way at [email protected]
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Ben Wieder@benbwiederMar 17
Thrilled to be joining the @latimes DC bureau this week to investigate all things Washington! Please send tips my way at [email protected]
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Peter Baker
@peterbakernyt6 Dec 2025
After months of holding steady, Trump’s approval rating has slid to the lowest of his second term in recent weeks as voters sour on his handling of the economy, according to a @nytimes analysis of public polling. @RuthIgielnik @tylerpager nytimes.com/2025/12/05/us/po…

Trump’s Approval Rating Dips as Views of His Handling of the Economy Sour

The shift, while small, is notable after months of stability in President Trump’s approval rating.

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It'll be interesting to see if Epstein flap is the kind of story that particularly resonates w/ low information voters (roughly a third of all voters via @nytimes). Trump has higher approval among low-info than more plugged in voters @RuthIgielnik nytimes.com/interactive/2025…

One Thing Helping Trump’s Approval Rating: Some People Are Not Paying Attention (Published 2025)

Voters were more likely to approve of President Trump’s job performance if they had not been following some of the major news stories of his first 100 days in office, a recent New York Times/Siena...

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Ana Ceballos
@anaceballos_13 Jul 2025
NEW: The @MiamiHerald has obtained a list of hundreds of people detained or scheduled to be at Alligator Alcatraz. The government isn't realizing names. Families and attorneys are having trouble finding people at the site We're publishing the list here: miamiherald.com/news/local/i…

Is your family member or client at Alligator Alcatraz? We obtained a list

The Trump and DeSantis administrations have refused to release a roster of detainees, none of whom seem to appear in ICE’s online database.

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Peter Baker
@peterbakernyt25 Apr 2025
Voters believe Trump is overreaching with his aggressive efforts to expand executive power, and they have deep doubts about some of the signature pieces of his agenda, a @nytimes @SienaResearch poll found. @ShaneGoldmacher @RuthIgielnik @camillebaker nytimes.com/2025/04/25/us/po…

Voters See Trump’s Use of Power as Overreaching, Times/Siena Poll Finds (Published 2025)

Skepticism has grown of his efforts to expand his authority and of his handling of issues long seen as strengths for him, including the economy and immigration.

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Excellent poll questions to illuminate comfort with levels of deportation. Most Americans want to deport all or some immigrants in the US illegally. But that squishy 50% who say "some " -- they're mostly focused on people who have committed crimes or arrived in the last 4 years
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Just a reminder that all the data FiveThirtyEight collected—polls, election results, and much more—is available for download (for now) on our GitHub page. github.com/fivethirtyeight

FiveThirtyEight

FiveThirtyEight has 30 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.

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Galen Druke
@galendruke25 Feb 2025
Democrats aren't popular. What should they do about it? w/ @RuthIgielnik & @lennybronner podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…

Democrats Aren't Popular. What Should They Do About It?

Podcast Episode · FiveThirtyEight Politics · February 24, 2025 · 43m

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41 percent of Americans favor ending birthright citizenship in our latest New York Times poll. But a majority - 55% - oppose it.
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Ben Wieder@benbwieder28 Dec 2024
NEW: How much is the Alexander family worth? Sex trafficking charges against Alexander brothers may put assets at risk, w/⁦@jayhweaver⁩ & ⁦@ShirshoD⁩ miamiherald.com/news/local/c…

How much is the Alexander family worth? Sex trafficking charges may put assets at risk

The Alexander family has already pledged $115 million in assets in a failed bid to keep one of the sons out of jail while awaiting trial.

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Peter K. Enns@pete_enns10 Nov 2024
Check out "A First Look at the 2024 Election Results and Pre-Election Polls" featuring @kabir_here, @RuthIgielnik, @davidbinder, @thejimhobart and sponsored by @RoperCenter and @dcaapor: eventbrite.com/e/a-first-loo… @eventbritehelp

A First Look at the 2024 Election Results and Pre-Election Polls

A Panel Discussion co-hosted by the Roper Center and DC-AAPOR discussing the 2024 election and pre-election polling performance

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Abortion ballot initiatives were more popular than Harris as voters ticket-spit. In our surveys all year, Trump has been winning voters who said they wanted abortion to be "mostly legal" (as opposed to "always legal") nytimes.com/2024/11/07/us/el…

On the Ballot, Abortion Rights Proved More Popular Than Kamala Harris (Published 2024)

In states like Arizona and Nevada, some voters split their tickets, supporting abortion rights measures while also backing Donald Trump.

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These voters also told us in a survey that they did not expect Trump to enact a national abortion ban. They cared about increased abortion access but did not feel it was under threat. And they cared about other issues more.
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