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Voters Back Age Limits for Government Officials research preview
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Voters Back Age Limits for Government Officials

A Change Research national survey of 2,006 registered voters, conducted July 13–17, 2026, finds majority support for maximum age limits across four …

August 13, 2026Read more
80% Support Banning or Restricting Phones in Schools research preview
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80% Support Banning or Restricting Phones in Schools

As more states move to ban or restrict student cell phone use in schools, a Change Research national survey of 2,006 registered voters, conducted …

August 6, 2026Read more
When Disaster Strikes, Voters More Confident in Local Community research preview
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When Disaster Strikes, Voters More Confident in Local Community

A Change Research national survey of 2,006 registered voters, conducted July 13-17, 2026, finds that 65% of voters are confident in their local …

July 30, 2026Read more
Political Fatigue Is High, Yet People Report Being More Politically Engaged research preview
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Political Fatigue Is High, Yet People Report Being More Politically Engaged

In our latest Change Research national survey of 1,714 registered voters, conducted June 10-17, 2026, we asked about voters’ engagement with …

July 22, 2026Read more
Voter Views on Public Services research preview
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Voter Views on Public Services

A Change Research national survey of 1,714 registered voters, conducted June 10-17, 2026, finds that, when given a choice between “a public agency …

July 16, 2026Read more
The Trust Playbook: What Voters Are Waiting to See and Hear research preview
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The Trust Playbook: What Voters Are Waiting to See and Hear

A Change Research national survey of 1,330 likely general election voters, conducted May 5 through 7, 2026, finds that just 15% of likely 2026 voters …

July 9, 2026Read more
Tracking Voter Shifts in Financial Anxiety research preview
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Tracking Voter Shifts in Financial Anxiety

A Change Research national survey of 1,714 registered voters, conducted June 10 to 17, 2026, finds that majorities report pessimism about the …

July 9, 2026Read more
Happy 250th, America: Proud Today, Hopeful for Tomorrow research preview
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Happy 250th, America: Proud Today, Hopeful for Tomorrow

This Fourth of July, the United States turns 250. To mark the occasion, a Change Research survey of 1,714 registered voters, fielded June 10 through …

July 2, 2026Read more
Movable Voter Frustrations With Both Parties research preview
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Movable Voter Frustrations With Both Parties

A Change Research Compass Poll of 2,244 registered voters nationwide, conducted May 5 to 10, 2026, finds that among voters who have not firmly …

June 25, 2026Read more
Plus or Minus Mental Health Webinar Recap research preview
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Plus or Minus Mental Health Webinar Recap

On June 17, the Change Research team hosted the latest installment of the Plus or Minus webinar series, sharing fresh data from our June 2026 Compass …

June 25, 2026Read more
The Anatomy of the Ideal Candidate research preview
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The Anatomy of the Ideal Candidate

We posed one open-ended question to 3,371 U.S. adults across two waves of our May and June 2026 Compass Poll: what kind of person do you want running …

June 18, 2026Read more
Does Mental Health Get Too Little Political Attention? research preview
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Does Mental Health Get Too Little Political Attention?

There is evidence that mental health has become an important issue for American voters, yet most say their elected officials are not giving it …

June 11, 2026Read more
Plus or Minus Economy Webinar Recap research preview
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Plus or Minus Economy Webinar Recap

Last week, the Change Research team hosted the latest installment of our Plus or Minus webinar series, walking attendees through fresh data from our …

May 28, 2026Read more
Voter Views on the Voting Rights Act Ruling and Redistricting research preview
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Voter Views on the Voting Rights Act Ruling and Redistricting

A Change Research national survey of 2,244 registered voters, conducted from May 5-10, 2026, finds that more voters oppose than support the Supreme …

May 14, 2026Read more
Voters Oppose Both Taxpayer and Private Funding for Trump's White House Ballroom research preview
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Voters Oppose Both Taxpayer and Private Funding for Trump's White House Ballroom

A Change Research national survey of 2,244 registered voters, conducted May 5 to 10, 2026, finds that most voters oppose congressional action to fund …

May 14, 2026Read more
Where Americans Stand on AI and the Workforce research preview
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Where Americans Stand on AI and the Workforce

A Change Research national survey of 2,702 registered voters, conducted April 3-7, 2026, asked people about opportunities for human workers as AI …

May 6, 2026Read more
Voter Views on Family, Work, and Caregiving research preview
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Voter Views on Family, Work, and Caregiving

A Change Research national survey of 2,702 registered voters, conducted April 3 to 7, 2026, finds that men and women hold meaningfully different …

April 30, 2026Read more
Who Do Voters Want in 2028? research preview
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Who Do Voters Want in 2028?

It's never too early to start looking towards 2028, right? Since January 2025, favorable ratings for President Trump, Vice President Vance, and …

April 30, 2026Read more
Opposition to Data Centers Has Grown Sharply Since 2025 research preview
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Opposition to Data Centers Has Grown Sharply Since 2025

A Change Research national survey of 2,702 registered voters, conducted April 3-7, 2026, finds that opposition to data center construction has grown …

April 23, 2026Read more
Voters Prioritize AI Safety (Even If It Means Falling Behind China) research preview
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Voters Prioritize AI Safety (Even If It Means Falling Behind China)

A Change Research survey of 2,702 registered voters, conducted April 3-7, 2026, finds that a majority of Americans prefer stricter regulation of …

April 23, 2026Read more
Yes, the 22nd Amendment Blocks Donald Trump from a Third Term. So Would Barack Obama. research preview
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Yes, the 22nd Amendment Blocks Donald Trump from a Third Term. So Would Barack Obama.

President Trump has long teased the idea of “working something out” to seek a third term, or finding a “loophole” that would enable this. We are not …

April 23, 2026Read more
Over Half of Voters See the American Dream As Out of Reach research preview
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Over Half of Voters See the American Dream As Out of Reach

A Change Research national survey of 2,702 registered voters, conducted April 3 to 7, 2026, finds that most voters rate inflation and the cost of …

April 16, 2026Read more
Why Voters Support or Oppose Military Action in Iran research preview
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Why Voters Support or Oppose Military Action in Iran

A Change Research national survey of 2,702 registered voters, conducted April 3–7, 2026, gave supporters and opponents of the Iran conflict the …

April 16, 2026Read more
Americans Feel Climate Events, Split on Federal Action research preview
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Americans Feel Climate Events, Split on Federal Action

As Earth Day turns 56 this April, a Change Research national survey of 1,541 registered voters conducted March 8-12, 2026, finds that most Americans …

April 9, 2026Read more
The Political Climate Is Americans' Top Stressor research preview
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The Political Climate Is Americans' Top Stressor

A Change Research national survey of 1,541 registered voters, conducted March 8-12, 2026, finds that 30% of Americans name the political situation as …

April 2, 2026Read more
Voters Voice Frustration and Financial Strain research preview
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Voters Voice Frustration and Financial Strain

As tax season arrives in America, a new national poll from Change Research reveals widespread negative sentiment. Voters are pessimistic about the …

April 2, 2026Read more
Election Confidence Varies Widely by Region research preview
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Election Confidence Varies Widely by Region

A Change Research national survey of 1,541 registered voters, conducted March 8 to 12, 2026, finds that where Americans live shapes how they feel …

March 26, 2026Read more
Voters Express Concerns About Election Integrity Ahead of November research preview
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Voters Express Concerns About Election Integrity Ahead of November

A Change Research national survey of 1,541 registered voters, conducted March 8 to 12, 2026, finds that voters express significantly more confidence …

March 26, 2026Read more
Voter Views on AI Companies and Military Use research preview
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Voter Views on AI Companies and Military Use

A Change Research national survey of 1,541 registered voters, conducted from March 8 to 12, 2026, finds that a plurality of voters support AI …

March 19, 2026Read more
Voters Question U.S. Military Action in Iran research preview
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Voters Question U.S. Military Action in Iran

A Change Research national survey of 1,541 registered voters, conducted March 8–12, 2026, finds majority opposition to U.S. military action in Iran, …

March 19, 2026Read more
Americans Feel AI's Impact and Worry About the Future research preview
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Americans Feel AI's Impact and Worry About the Future

A Change Research national survey of 1,741 voters, conducted from February 5-18, 2026, finds that the transformation of American life by artificial …

March 5, 2026Read more
Americans Want Answers on Epstein. Most Don't Think They're Getting Them. research preview
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Americans Want Answers on Epstein. Most Don't Think They're Getting Them.

On January 30, the Department of Justice released over 3 million pages of documents related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the largest …

March 5, 2026Read more
Where Americans Stand on Reproductive Rights research preview
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Where Americans Stand on Reproductive Rights

As the nation marks Women's History Month, new polling from Change Research reveals where Americans stand on some policies shaping women's lives. The …

March 4, 2026Read more
Americans Split on Olympic Athletes Speaking Out as Politics Dominates Milano Cortina Games research preview
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Americans Split on Olympic Athletes Speaking Out as Politics Dominates Milano Cortina Games

New polling from Change Research, conducted February 5-18 during the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina, finds Americans almost evenly divided on …

February 26, 2026Read more
How Mikie Sherrill Won: NJ Turnout Analysis research preview
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How Mikie Sherrill Won: NJ Turnout Analysis

New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill's historic victory was powered by winning over a significant number of 2024 Trump voters, according to a new …

February 26, 2026Read more
Public Divides Over ICE Mirror Washington Standoff as DHS Shuts Down research preview
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Public Divides Over ICE Mirror Washington Standoff as DHS Shuts Down

New polling data from Change Research shows that while Americans are deeply divided on how aggressive immigration enforcement should be, certain …

February 26, 2026Read more
Red Flags and Green Flags research preview
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Red Flags and Green Flags

As the 2026 midterm elections heat up and the 2028 presidential race looms on the horizon, voters are sending clear signals about what they're …

February 10, 2026Read more
Kickoff or Halftime? What's Drawing Americans to Super Bowl LX research preview
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Kickoff or Halftime? What's Drawing Americans to Super Bowl LX

Our polling shows stark age and gender divides in Super Bowl viewership motivations; Bad Bunny's halftime performance is likely to draw young and …

February 5, 2026Read more
Nation Divided on Immigration Enforcement research preview
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Nation Divided on Immigration Enforcement

As federal immigration agents face mounting scrutiny following the fatal shootings of two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis this month, new polling …

January 27, 2026Read more
The Fraud Prevention vs. Access Debate: Voters Perceptions of Welfare Fraud research preview
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The Fraud Prevention vs. Access Debate: Voters Perceptions of Welfare Fraud

New polling shows most voters have heard about fraud in Minnesota, alongside a general belief that fraud is common in welfare and social services …

January 27, 2026Read more
Where Americans Stand on Social Media Regulation research preview
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Where Americans Stand on Social Media Regulation

The TikTok divestiture is done. But polling reveals Americans want the government to stay out of regulating social media. The TikTok saga reached its …

January 27, 2026Read more
Americans Skeptical of Trump's Foreign Policy Approach Amid Greenland Tensions and Diplomatic Drama research preview
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Americans Skeptical of Trump's Foreign Policy Approach Amid Greenland Tensions and Diplomatic Drama

President Trump capped a week of diplomatic turbulence by announcing a “framework” deal on Greenland, claiming the U.S. will have “total access” to …

January 22, 2026Read more
Voter Concerns Around Further Conflict with Venezuela research preview
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Voter Concerns Around Further Conflict with Venezuela

New polling shows a majority of Americans are concerned about further military conflict between the U.S. and Venezuela A nationwide survey by Change …

January 8, 2026Read more
Americans Turn to Independent Voices as Traditional Media Loses Ground research preview
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Americans Turn to Independent Voices as Traditional Media Loses Ground

[difladvancedblurb builderversion="4.27.4" modulepreset="default" hoverenabled="0" globalcolorsinfo="{}" stickyenabled="0"] New polling by Change …

December 12, 2025Read more
Americans Face Financial Pressures as Holiday Season Approaches research preview
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Americans Face Financial Pressures as Holiday Season Approaches

Recent Black Friday reports indicate that Black Friday shoppers spent more money this year even though they bought fewer items. New polling by Change …

December 4, 2025Read more
Americans Overwhelmingly Want Full Transparency on the Epstein Files research preview
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Americans Overwhelmingly Want Full Transparency on the Epstein Files

National polling conducted in August and September 2025 shows that Americans across political groups wanted full disclosure of Epstein-related …

November 21, 2025Read more
Election Week 2025: Data Wins the Day research preview
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Election Week 2025: Data Wins the Day

This week, campaigns powered by Change Research turned insight into impact across the country. From Scranton to Dearborn, Edison to Hudson County, …

November 12, 2025Read more
MAHA, Medicine, and Mistrust research preview
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MAHA, Medicine, and Mistrust

As the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement continues to influence health policy debates in Washington, new polling from Change Research …

October 23, 2025Read more
Tariff Changes Hit Home for Online Shoppers research preview
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Tariff Changes Hit Home for Online Shoppers

Polling shows Americans noticing price hikes and delivery delays under recent trade changes. In late August 2025, the Trump administration eliminated …

October 23, 2025Read more
Voters Divided on Trump's Tylenol-Autism Claims research preview
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Voters Divided on Trump's Tylenol-Autism Claims

A new nationwide survey by Change Research reveals deep partisan divides in how Americans view President Donald Trump and Health Secretary Robert F. …

October 16, 2025Read more
Americans Show Rising Concerns About Food Safety Amid Shifting Shopping Habits research preview
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Americans Show Rising Concerns About Food Safety Amid Shifting Shopping Habits

A new nationwide survey by Change Research reveals a wide range of views among Americans about food safety and federal oversight capacity, even as …

October 9, 2025Read more
The New American Mythology: Belief in Conspiracy Theories and Their Political Impact research preview
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The New American Mythology: Belief in Conspiracy Theories and Their Political Impact

Conspiracy theories are not new to American politics. From 18th century anxieties about Freemasons to theories on a modern day Illuminati,, such …

September 18, 2025Read more
Beyond the Fringe: Why Majorities of Voters Believe Conspiracies About Power and Institutions research preview
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Beyond the Fringe: Why Majorities of Voters Believe Conspiracies About Power and Institutions

Conspiracy theories are often treated as fringe beliefs, confined to the political margins. Yet new data from Change Research shows they are possibly …

September 4, 2025Read more
The State of Insurance Costs in the US research preview
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The State of Insurance Costs in the US

Americans are largely content about many aspects of their healthcare, but rising costs for both health and home insurance are squeezing many American …

August 21, 2025Read more
Congressional Reform Survey Results research preview
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Congressional Reform Survey Results

Change Research tested two congressional reform proposals in our most recent national survey, conducted among 1,858 voters from August 5 to 10, 2025. …

August 13, 2025Read more
Three graphs that sum up the NYC primary race research preview
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Three graphs that sum up the NYC primary race

Last month, Zohran Mamdani outperformed early expectations and defeated former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic New York City mayoral …

August 1, 2025Read more
Americans See Global Engagement as Key to Safety research preview
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Americans See Global Engagement as Key to Safety

Most American voters want the United States to remain engaged in the world, and they see that engagement as essential to national safety. A new …

July 10, 2025Read more
Americans Expect More, Not Less, from Government on Extreme Weather research preview
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Americans Expect More, Not Less, from Government on Extreme Weather

The tragic flooding in Texas has sharpened scrutiny of whether the government is sufficiently prepared to save lives and manage natural …

July 9, 2025Read more
How Voters View AI Safety and Innovation research preview
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How Voters View AI Safety and Innovation

How should governments respond to the rapid development of a new generation of Artificial Intelligence? Should regulations be put in place to limit …

May 14, 2025Read more
Americans on Government, Budget, & Taxation research preview
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Americans on Government, Budget, & Taxation

Change Research polled 2,732 voters nationwide, between February 23-27, 2025, on public perceptions of government, federal budget priorities, and …

April 10, 2025Read more
Locked Out of Democracy? Voters Have Concerns research preview
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Locked Out of Democracy? Voters Have Concerns

New poll shows concerns about voting access gaps as Congress weighs citizenship verification requirements. According to a new national survey by …

March 24, 2025Read more
Trump's Tariffs Face Skepticism research preview
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Trump's Tariffs Face Skepticism

This past weekend, President Donald Trump announced 25% tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico that would have gone into effect yesterday, Tuesday, …

February 6, 2025Read more
2024 Accuracy Report research preview
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2024 Accuracy Report

Introduction 2024 validated Change Research's track record of polling precision. Our polling was consistently close to the final margin in races at …

January 29, 2025Read more
Supreme Court and Contraception: Voters in Battleground States Express Alarm research preview
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Supreme Court and Contraception: Voters in Battleground States Express Alarm

In a recent poll of voters across the seven battleground presidential states, we find that a majority of voters (52%) express concern that the …

October 24, 2024Read more
Memo: In Missouri, Lucas Kunce Within Striking Distance of Josh Hawley research preview
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Memo: In Missouri, Lucas Kunce Within Striking Distance of Josh Hawley

This memo describes results from a Change Research poll of 1,237 voters in Missouri, conducted from September 11th through 13th, 2024. In summary, …

September 17, 2024Read more
DNC: Get access to our latest research research preview
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DNC: Get access to our latest research

| Change Research is the next generation of political polling, opinion research, and voter targeting. Our mission is to improve democracy by making …

August 14, 2024Read more
New Polling: Harris Landscape Memo research preview
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New Polling: Harris Landscape Memo

Joe Biden is not going to be the 2024 nominee. What now? See what's surfacing from youth voters on Kamala Harris. Kamala Harris may be the clear …

July 21, 2024Read more
Netroots Nation: Get access to our latest research research preview
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Netroots Nation: Get access to our latest research

| Change Research is the next generation of political polling, opinion research, and voter targeting. Our mission is to improve democracy by making …

July 10, 2024Read more
Impact Pricing: 24 Discounted Polls in '24 research preview
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Impact Pricing: 24 Discounted Polls in '24

Friends of Change Research: Many organizations have had a slow start to their fundraising this cycle, missing the opportunity to do polling early on …

July 8, 2024Read more
Netroots Nation: Get Beta access to our new product research preview
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Netroots Nation: Get Beta access to our new product

\ indicates required Email Address \ First Name Last Name Organization Progressive organizations and Democratic campaigns are going to spend a couple …

July 8, 2024Read more
'F— You, Pay Me': American Women on Fear, Freedom, and Feminism research preview
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'F— You, Pay Me': American Women on Fear, Freedom, and Feminism

A recent poll from Change Research, released two years after the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision leaked to the press, shows that women feel less …

May 1, 2024Read more
Oklahoma Voters Disapprove of Ryan Walters, Demand Action Toward Impeachment research preview
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Oklahoma Voters Disapprove of Ryan Walters, Demand Action Toward Impeachment

To: Interested Parties From: Betsy App, Change Research Date: March 20, 2024 Re: Oklahoma Voters Disapprove of Ryan Walters, Demand Action Toward …

March 20, 2024Read more
Black History Month: Black Voters in their Own Words research preview
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Black History Month: Black Voters in their Own Words

As we commemorate Black History Month, it's imperative to address not just the storied past but also the lived realities and the hopes and …

February 29, 2024Read more
Communicating about the "Bad Vibes" Economy research preview
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Communicating about the "Bad Vibes" Economy

Change Research polled 1,534 registered voters nationwide from February 6-8, 2024 to gauge public opinion on the state of the economy today. We …

February 27, 2024Read more
In Her Political Era: Taylor Swift's Persuasion Effect research preview
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In Her Political Era: Taylor Swift's Persuasion Effect

The Change Research Swifties believe that Taylor Swift's endorsement of Biden this year is not an if, but a when. If the CR Swifties are right, what …

February 21, 2024Read more
Young Voters Media Consumption & Political Engagement research preview
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Young Voters Media Consumption & Political Engagement

Change Research, led by a team of Gen Z and Millennial pollsters, conducted a poll of 1,033 voters between the ages of 18 to 34, from August …

October 23, 2023Read more
Young Voters on Joe Biden vs Donald Trump research preview
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Young Voters on Joe Biden vs Donald Trump

Change Research, led by a team of Gen Z and Millennial pollsters, conducted a poll of 1,033 voters between the ages of 18 to 34, from August …

October 12, 2023Read more
Young Women Are More Liberal Than Young Men research preview
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Young Women Are More Liberal Than Young Men

Change Research, led by a team of Gen Z and Millennial pollsters, conducted a poll of 1,033 voters between the ages of 18 to 34, from August …

September 18, 2023Read more
Poll: Young Voters Facing Tough Economic Reality research preview
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Poll: Young Voters Facing Tough Economic Reality

Change Research, led by a project team of Gen Z and Millennial pollsters, conducted a poll of 1,033 voters between the ages of 18 to 34, from August …

September 12, 2023Read more
Public Polling Crosstabs Directory research preview
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Public Polling Crosstabs Directory

Below you can find crosstabs from the polling that we have released publicly. We aim to keep this directory of our work up to date as we publish new …

September 1, 2023Read more
Pride as Protest research preview
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Pride as Protest

June is LGBTQ Pride month, intended to be both a celebration of the community and a continued protest for equality and acceptance. But this year …

June 15, 2023Read more
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