Joseph Lenski

Executive Vice President, SSRS

[SSRS @ssrs_research]

🥊The @ufc is scheduled to host the Freedom 250 fight card at the White House on Sunday.

❓Given the sport’s growing political connections, how has the fan base changed since the new administration took over in 2025?

➡️Read more in the latest edition of Sports Poll Highlights. https://t.co/i4FuaMmOHK

[Edison Research @edisonresearch]

🎧 Each year, @audiobooks and Edison Research at SSRS collaborate to better understand the U.S. 18+ population that has ever listened to an audiobook — approximately 157 million people.

➡️ Read our latest Weekly Insight to explore the findings: https://t.co/ptVcS7vVl9

[SSRS @ssrs_research]

A year after changes to federal leadership in the U.S. public health system, trust in health recommendations from the CDC has fallen from 77% to 50%, according to a new poll from @HarvardChanSPH and the @deBeaumontFndtn Public Health Listening Lab.

The survey was conducted by the Harvard Opinion Research Program (HORP), led by Dr. Gillian SteelFisher, and fielded on the SSRS Opinion Panel.

Read more: https://t.co/A6NlMhxCaR

[Joseph Lenski @JoeLenski]

@PollTracker2024 2014 might be ancient history but Rounds has been through a three-way U.S. Senate race before - Mike Rounds Republican 50.4%; Rick Weiland Democrat 29.5%; Larry Pressler Independent 17.1%.

[SSRS @ssrs_research]

⚠️Nearly 80% of federal data users are very concerned that federal statistical data collections will be stopped.

📊More than 70% worry about public trust in federal data — and about their ability to access federal data products at all.

📢The new SSRS EMERGE report captures not just what has already happened to the federal statistical system, but what the public data user community fears is still to come — and what it will take to chart a path forward.

➡️Full report: https://t.co/VO7alvtYLK

[Joseph Lenski @JoeLenski]

If these results hold for the Maine Gov Dem primary this could be one of the first instances where a candidate who comes in 3rd in first choice votes ends up winning once RCV is applied - although Kathryn Garcia came w/in 7200 votes of pulling this off in 2021 NYC mayoral race.

[FairVote @fairvote]

Maine Democratic governor primary poll results:

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📢We just released "The Podcast Consumer 2026", our annual in-depth study of the U.S. podcast audience.

➡️The findings point to a medium at an inflection point: For the first time, as many weekly podcast consumers are watching as are listening to podcasts.

👀View the highlights, download the report and watch the webinar: https://t.co/cGn9OA6liQ

[SSRS @ssrs_research]

📢Edison Research at SSRS released "The Podcast Consumer 2026", its annual in-depth study of the U.S. podcast audience.

➡️The findings point to a medium at an inflection point: For the first time, as many weekly podcast consumers are watching as are listening to podcasts.

🕛The report also covers how much time the audience spends with audio, what content they are choosing, and how podcasts influence their behavior.

👀View the full findings, download the report and view the webinar: https://t.co/cGn9OA6liQ

[SSRS @ssrs_research]

⚽The World Cup kicks off next week in North America for the first time since 1994. Over those 32 years, the soccer landscape in the U.S. has changed dramatically. 🥅
Sports Poll has been tracking the growth of soccer for more than 30 years, and pro soccer fandom has enjoyed a bump during every World Cup year from 1998 through 2022. Read more in the latest edition of Sports Poll Highlights.

https://t.co/4MJwPnthTm

#worldcup2026 #FIFAworldcup2026

[Joseph Lenski @JoeLenski]

@PollsterPatrick We got 36 pieces of direct mail at our house in NJ CD 7.

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A Pew Research Center survey finds that 66% of Latino Trump voters approve of his job performance. That’s down 27 percentage points since the start of his second term.

@pewresearch works with SSRS to recruit panelists, manage the panel and conduct ATP surveys.

https://t.co/q1RtQPXLq9

[SSRS @ssrs_research]

📈Sports Poll has been tracking the growth of sports betting since the Supreme Court allowed states to legalize it in 2018.

➡️In early 2026, we also began tracking usage of prediction markets overall and specific prediction market platforms. Since they aren’t subject to the same regulation as sportsbooks, prediction markets provide wider coverage in two important ways. Learn more in the latest edition of Sports Poll Highlights.

https://t.co/mmCzn6jTYH

[SSRS @ssrs_research]

⚠️Behind every delayed dataset and canceled program is a workforce crisis.

Many federal statistical agencies have lost 30–40% of their staff over the past 15 months. The people who knew the data, answered technical questions, and kept systems running — many of them are gone.

💬From a survey respondent: "The expertise that has left these agencies will be hard if not impossible to replace. Some institutional knowledge has been forever lost."

The new SSRS EMERGE report makes clear: this isn't just a data problem. It's a human capital problem.

➡️Read the full findings:https://t.co/VO7alvtqWc

[Edison Research @edisonresearch]

📈 Brand new data from AI User Metrics, a subscription service from Edison Research at SSRS, shows monumental growth in weekly AI usage among Americans aged 18+.

https://t.co/kK15kF7Any

[Edison Research @edisonresearch]

📢Edison Research at SSRS Announces the Top 25 Podcasts in the UK for Q1 2026 from Edison Podcast Metrics📊

Highlights:
➡️Two BBC news podcasts hit a record high
➡️Two sports podcasts also reach their highest rank on record
➡️ZOE Science & Nutrition climbed 86 ranks to enter the top 25 for the first time.

🔎Read more from Edison Podcast Metrics, the only survey-based data on podcast listening: https://t.co/1HTGTv7ifs

[SSRS @ssrs_research]

📈 The May 2026 AI User Metrics Report from Edison Research at SSRS examines the latest AI usage trends, including:

- Public awareness and use of different AI platforms
- Personal and business use of AI
- Platform-level findings for ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, Meta AI, Claude, Grok, and DeepSeek
- AI usage by age, household income, and gender

➡️ Download the report: https://t.co/j5p8b512G7

[SSRS @ssrs_research]

A new @MarquetteU Law School Poll conducted by SSRS finds that 80% of Wisconsin adults say the legislature should have passed a proposed bill that would use the projected state budget surplus to reduce property taxes, increase special education funding, and provide rebates to taxpayers.

In a rare level of agreement across party lines, 77% of Republicans, 81% of independents, and 82% of Democrats in the poll say the legislature should have passed the bill.

Read more: https://t.co/M36Gg6TdTU

[SSRS @ssrs_research]

🎉Congratulations to @JXPeugh for an incredible year as the 79th @AAPOR President, culminating in an amazing conference in LA! 🎉

The SSRS team is extremely proud of Jordon's dedication to our field and the many ways she contributes to it.

Also, kudos to Morgan Earp for her leadership as the 2026 Conference Chair! Across AAPOR council and staff, so much collaboration, creativity, and hard work went into making the event a success, and it showed. From the amazing energy and engaging sessions to the seamless organization, this year's conference was an experience people will be talking about for a long time. Congratulations AAPOR!

[SSRS @ssrs_research]

For more than 40 years, the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting has been the trusted forum for thousands of people working to improve health and health care.

Join SSRS’s Robyn Rapoport and Molly Fisch-Friedman for their poster presentations on qualitative research at this year’s event.

📅 May 31
📍 Seattle, Washington

Learn more ➡️ https://t.co/Tv6iDo0VHC

[SSRS @ssrs_research]

LeBron James and Stephen Curry have ranked as the favorite @NBA players for the past decade, and there is no clear successor to carry the mantle once they retire.

That leaves the door open for someone to emerge as the next “face” of the NBA. 🏀

This week, Sports Poll Highlights explores what players might be in the running: https://t.co/eyCqH1eaR4