Here’s why you should view polling results on ballot questions differently than polls on races between candidates
The share of respondents saying they favor a question is a better predictor of the election outcome than the gap between ‘yes’ and ‘no’
We’ve been conditioned for years to read polls based on who is ahead, but we should not apply the same “horse race” lens used in candidate races to ballot question polls.
When we have the chance to prevent tragedy, why would we take it away?
The question before Massachusetts voters cannot be reduced to whether firearm regulations should be more or less restrictive—it is whether the Commonwealth should preserve an additional pathway for intervention when credible warning signs are present.
PODCASTS
You have questions about ballot questions. We answered them.
On this special episode of The Codcast, we answer listener-submitted questions all about the field of nine ballot questions this November.
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The Dean of Massachusetts mayors
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BY THE NUMBERS
Republican voters split with party on gun law; Dems want more access to public records from Democrat-dominated offices
New poll reveals divide on some ballot questions between voters and party leaders
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