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Patrick Murray @pollsterpatrick.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Anyone who did today’s Wordle will share my frustration at getting the last 4 letters right using an unorthodox opening word, and still needing 4 tries to complete.

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Patrick Murray @pollsterpatrick.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Interesting #SOTU dial group. Trump gained a few points on most issues (expected temp. bump) but he went up a lot for his "Great Healthcare Plan" to divert money from insurers to people. Of course, this won't happen, but Democrats should be alert to power of this rhetoric.

One of the biggest improvements participants noted in the pre- and post-speech measurements was Trump’s handling of health care (from 18% confident to 41% confident). This is, in part, due to Republican lawmakers’ poor standing on health care. In a national survey Navigator conducted earlier this month, Democrats in Congress hold a 16-point advantage over their Republican counterparts when asked who respondents trust more on health care.

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Patrick Murray @pollsterpatrick.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

The 5:16 pm outlook from the National Weather Service. That’s some wide range of uncertainty.

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Patrick Murray @pollsterpatrick.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

This. ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️

The arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor underscores a striking contrast between the United Kingdom and the United States in the official response to the Epstein files. British authorities have moved aggressively to investigate the possibility of crimes emerging from the three million pages of correspondence with Mr. Epstein. In the U.S., some business executives have resigned, but police have not take action like they have in Britain.

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Patrick Murray @pollsterpatrick.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

I don’t know who came up with this, but it’s got my vote for today’s winner of the internet.

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Patrick Murray @pollsterpatrick.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

One of the most meaningful trips I’ve ever taken was to Normandy earlier this year. #dday Never forget.

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Patrick Murray @pollsterpatrick.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Trying to wrap my head around how Tammany Hall is now an upscale pet store.

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Patrick Murray @pollsterpatrick.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

New Jersey Dem gubernatorial candidate Ras Baraka in New Brunswick touting his labor support.

Ras Baraka speaking on steps of house surrounded by union members and various signs

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Patrick Murray @pollsterpatrick.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

I gather the Trump tariff pause announcement came at 1:20 today.

Graph of today's Dow Jones average showing a 2,000 point spike at 1:20pm

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Patrick Murray @pollsterpatrick.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

At the Cory Booker town hall. There is a well-orchestrated effort to disrupt with pro-Palestinian protestors yelling one at at a time, after the previous one was escorted out. Crowd not happy. Probably would be more effective if they tried to get the microphone.

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Patrick Murray @pollsterpatrick.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

The Wikipedia US Senate Filibuster page has been updated en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filibus... @corybooker.com @booker.senate.gov

List of the longest US Senate filibusters https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filibuster_in_the_United_States_Senate#Longest_solo_filibusters

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Patrick Murray @pollsterpatrick.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

I was up to 2:30am watching both my US Senators in a filibuster. I shouldn’t have been surprised to wake to @booker.senate.gov still going 13 hours in.

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Patrick Murray @pollsterpatrick.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Biking today, stopped by a historic house I always wanted to visit. I knew of its Rev War and Prohibition history. But did not know about its connection to modern public opinion polling until I saw this plaque.

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Patrick Murray @pollsterpatrick.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Came across this Nazi gun battery in Brittany last week. They are all over the coast. A reminder of why you should never appease ultranationalist aggressors.

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Patrick Murray @pollsterpatrick.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

The final edition of the section I may miss the most.

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Patrick Murray @pollsterpatrick.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

From an Atlanta trip a few months ago.

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Patrick Murray @pollsterpatrick.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Update: With Blue state votes now nearly all tabulated, we have a better sense of the differential in Trump's gains and the Dem falloff from 2020. Nationally, Trump increased his raw vote by ~4%, while Harris lost ~8% off Biden's total. But there's a lot to drill down.

Chart showing Trump's vote gains from 2020 as +6.3% in battlegrounds, +3.5% in red states, and 1.5% in blue states. And also showing Harris's vote losses from Biden in 2020 as -0.3% in battlegrounds, -8.2% in red states, and -9.4% in blue states.

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Patrick Murray @pollsterpatrick.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

The New Jersey fire ban has been lifted.

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Patrick Murray @pollsterpatrick.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Some additional vote has come in since I compiled this but interesting story developing about scope of the Dem turnout nosedive in non-competitive states.

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Patrick Murray @pollsterpatrick.bsky.social · 15/08/2024

From Monmouth University Poll: Democratic enthusiasm for Kamala Harris as the party’s nominee (92%) is significantly higher than it was for Joe Biden in Feb. (62%). Republican enthusiasm for Donald Trump as the GOP nominee (84%) is about the same as Feb. (80%). monmouth.edu/polling-instit…

Chart. Enthusiastic about Party’s Nominee.

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Patrick Murray @pollsterpatrick.bsky.social · 19/07/2024

Sometimes @theonion.com is a little too close to reality.

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Patrick Murray @pollsterpatrick.bsky.social · 26/12/2023

If you were visited by three ghosts on Christmas, who would you them to be?

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