Lauren Goldstein

Polling @ChangePolls. Political psych PhD from @UCLA. she/her

[Lauren Goldstein @lmgoldst]

Let's talk about what really motivates opposition to abortion rights.

A primary reason people give for opposing abortion rights is religious (Christian) moral conviction about the sanctity of life. Is that what it’s really about? (Spoiler: no.) 🧵

[Change Research @ChangePolls]

Voters overwhelmingly believe the cost of housing should be a top priority for local leaders. 56% of Democrats and 36% of Republicans place housing affordability among their top three local concerns. Nearly 90% of voters consider it a serious problem. https://t.co/agZDxCzaaS

[Joe Neguse @JoeNeguse]

Less than two weeks ago, 44 Republican Senators voted AGAINST expanding the child tax credit.

And JD Vance missed the vote entirely.

[Change Research @ChangePolls]

POLL: Americans prefer childfree women over @JDVance

[Lauren Goldstein @lmgoldst]

@ChangePolls won two Reed Awards! Best New Research Technique and Most Innovative Product of the Year (Democratic). Excited to keep putting our tools to use in 2024!

[Change Research @ChangePolls]

Happy❤️Day! Enjoy some tidbits re: how US voters view marriage and monogamy from Change Research's May 2023 survey.

[Change Research @ChangePolls]

This weekend is the 58th Super Bowl and the 1st Swiftie World Cup (™). To celebrate, Change Research surveyed 1534 registered voters nationally from Feb 6-8.

Swifties plan to watch the game in large #’s, and a plurality are rooting for the Chiefs.

[Keith Edwards @keithedwards]

Holy shit. President Biden just blanket pardoned all federal marijuana possession and marijuana use charges. https://t.co/m0C9mTOeWq

[Courtney Kronenberg @cakronenberg]

Youngkin has made it very clear. If Republicans take control of the VA General Assembly, he will issue an abortion ban in the state.

[Joel D. Anderson 🆓 @byjoelanderson]

this is so achingly poignant. and to further albert's point, someone once told me a lot of homelessness works like this: "it's not necessarily about running out of money. you just happen to run out of people." as it was, jordan clearly had no people there on that train.

[Lauren Goldstein @lmgoldst]

@Jlrube I have been subtweeted

[Ashley Aylward @aylwardashleym]

I research youth political attitudes. In focus groups, they tell me how they want leaders to respond to abortion rights rollbacks like the mifepristone restrictions.
In my latest @TIME op-ed, I show they want 1) concrete policy response and 2) defiance https://t.co/PB872KEdLX

[Nathaniel Rakich @baseballot]

Tired: "Don't believe the fake polls!"
Wired: "Polls are more reliable than actual election results"

[Lauren Goldstein @lmgoldst]

I think this is a willfully cynical and shallow take. Being an exclusive academic institution and excluding/alienating members of your own community are quite obviously not the same thing, and btw, benign neglect is a form of exclusion. DEI is valuable and essential.

[Lauren Goldstein @lmgoldst]

What a great group of students and discussion! Thank you to @JonaeWartel for having me!

[Jonae Wartel @JonaeWartel]

Excited to have @lmgoldst join me today to talk about polling!! See you at 4 pm in Healy! @GUPolitics

[Tom Bonier @tbonier]

I spent a lot of time in 2022, post-Dobbs, trying to quantify and understand the electoral impact of the decision. Now that we have vote history in 41 states, we can talk about what actually happened.

[Lauren Goldstein @lmgoldst]

Hell yes. And, conveniently, we actually KNOW what the majority of DC residents want! https://t.co/97kMsOGRTX

[Carla Hardy @carla_hardy_]

“DC residents, the majority of whom are black and brown, are worthy and capable of self government.” - @EleanorNorton on Congress voting to overturn the RCCA. #HandsOffDC

[Lauren Goldstein @lmgoldst]

Friendly reminder:

(1) LOOK for reputable public data before you declare there isn't any
(2) Data good. Vibes-based Hot Takes bad.
(3) Not weighing in is always an option when you don't have evidence. See (1) and (2).

[J.S. Park 박준 @jsparkblog]

A patient was yelling at someone, then at me. I had a few options.

1) Call security.
2) Keep walking.
3) Go confront him.
4) Go find his nurse. (The RNs love this. But really. They don’t.)
5) Ask him what he needed.

You might have guessed I picked 5. Here’s what happened:

[Jeffrey Sachs @JeffreyASachs]

I am on my knees BEGGING liberals to drop this framing.