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Public Opinion on Climate Change

• “Conversations on Climate Challenges: Natural Disasters, Risk, and Survey Data”- Resources for the Future 9/29/2020
• “Republicans Claim Addressing Climate Change Is Too Expensive. Americans Aren’t Buying It, a New Poll Shows”- TIME 9/23/2020
• “Americans Back Tough Limits on Building in Fire and Flood Zones”- New York Times 9/4/2020
• “Republican Convention Ignored Climate Threat, But Americans’ Attitudes Are Shifting”- Scientific American 8/28/2020
• “Donald Trump just received some terrible news about his election prospects” – the Canary 8/27/2020 
• “US Voters See Climate Change as a Top Tier Issue” – One Green Planet 8/26/2020 
• “Climate Is Taking On a Growing Role for Voters, Research Suggests” – New York Times 8/24/2020
• “Climate Insights 2020: Surveying American Public Opinion on Climate Change and the Environment” – Resources for the Future 8/24/2020
• “Climate Insights 2020: Climate opinions unchanged by pandemic, but increasingly entrenched” – EurekAlert 8/24/2020
• “In hottest decade on record, climate change appears nowhere in State of the Union address” – USA Today 2/5/2020
• “Republican and Democratic voters actually agree on many climate change fixes. So why no action?” – USA Today 1/24/2020
• “What Makes Science Trustworthy?” – Boston Review 11/7/2019
• “We Need To Change The Way We Frame Climate Data” – The Rising 11/6/2019
• “Stanford research shows how uncertainty in scientific predictions can help and harm credibility” – Stanford News 10/14/2019
• “Will concern about climate change affect the presidential race?” – Mercury News 9/4/2019
• “The growing power and anger of climate change voters” – CNN 9/4/2019
• “Jay Inslee Is the Democratic Party’s Sanest 2020 Candidate” — New York Magazine 3/1/2019
• “How Jay Inslee Could Win The 2020 Democratic Nomination” — Five Thirty-Eight 3/1/2019
• “Public support for climate policy remains strong, according to new poll”– Stanford News 7/16/2018
• “Poll shows consensus for climate policy remains strong” — Phys 7/16/18
• “Voters Shrug as Energized House Democrats Vow Action on Climate” – Bloomberg 12/12/2018
• “Public Support for Climate Policy Remains Strong” – Stanford News 7/26/2018
• “More Americans Agree On Going Green Than You Might Think” – Futurity 7/18/2018
• “Public Backs Action on Global Warming – But With Cost Concerns and Muted Urgency” – ABC News 7/15/2018
• “Study shows small media’s might in shaping public opinion” – GreenWire 11/10/2017
• “Latinos, reeling from hurricanes, could be political force” – ClimateWire 10/2/2017 
• “Meet the lab-coat liberals” – Politico 6/24/2017
• “Economists Price BP Oil Spill Damage to Natural Resources at $17.2 Billion” – UCSD News 4/21/2017
• “Stanford expert speaks on the role public understanding of science played in this election and may play in the future” – Stanford News 1/11/2017
• “New voice for the climate? Washington teens sue over emissions policy” – The Christian Science Monitor 11/23/2016
• “Why the environment wasn’t a factor in the presidential race” – Governors’ Wind & Solar Energy Coalition 11/22/2016
• “Most Americans support Paris climate deal. But is it their urgent priority?” – The Christian Science Monitor 11/22/2016
• “5 yuge ways Trump and Clinton differ on climate, energy” – E&E News 11/7/2016
• “Behind the polling on Latinos, climate and the Fla. vote” – ClimateWire 10/31/2016
• “Why Climate Change Divides Us” – The Christian Science Monitor 10/12/2016
• “Bi-Solar Disorder” – Grist 10/4/2016
• “Divided America: Temperatures Rise, US Splits” – The Associated Press 8/15/2016
• “What Do People Really Think About Climate Change?” – The Huffington Post 6/17/2016
• “Burrillville Residents Firmly Opposed To Power Plant” – Providence Journal 5/28/2016 
• “Ahead of Super Tuesday, analysts urge Clinton to talk climate” – ClimateWire 3/1/2016
• “How Scientific Ethics, Efficiency and Accuracy Can Be Improved” – UCR Today 2/19/2016
• “‘Vanishing Ice’ Makes Beautiful Bid For Action on Climate Change” – KQED 2/10/2016
• “Sanders leaps into lead, making Clinton defensive” – ClimateWire 2/10/2016
• “Bernie Sanders Singles Out Climate Change in Victory Speech” – ClimateWire 2/10/2016
• “Most Republicans Say They Back Climate Action, Poll Finds” – NY Times 1/30/2016
• “US Presidential Candidates And Politics Of Climate Change” – Eurasia Review 12/7/2015
• “Groupthink: People’s views on climate change go hand in hand with their politics” – The Economist 11/26/2015
• “To Encourage Climate Action, Talk Up the Benefits of Adaptation” – Scientific American 10/19/2015
• “Where Presidential Candidates Stand On Climate Change” – WLRN 8/11/2015
• “Where They Stand: On Environment, Democrats Vie to Be “Greener than the Next Green” -New Hampshire Public Radio 8/7/2015
• “GOP rephrases rhetoric in climate debate” – GreenWire 6/25/2015
• “Minnesota Republicans change their tone on climate change” – MPRNews 6/23/2015
• “Arizonans Concerned About Global Warming” – UA News 5/18/2015
• “Lonely Republican Voices Buck Party to Urge Action on Climate Change” – Scientific American 5/11/2015
• “Florida Republican bucks his party on climate, calls for action” – ClimateWire 5/11/2015
• “Stanford’s Jon Krosnick: On climate change, most Americans want action” – The LA Times 5/5/2015
• “Hillary Clinton’s green path to the White House: will she be ‘careful’ on climate?” – The Guardian 4/20/2015
• “Stanford poll: High public concern about global warming has not changed for decades” – SNL Daily Coal Report
• “Support for carbon tax reaches almost 70%” – ClimateWire 4/16/2015
• “RFF/Stanford Polling Shows Significant Support for Climate Action on both Policy and Political Fronts” – Resources for the Future 4/15/2015
• “Polls show concern on climate” – Desert Sun 3/26/2015
• “Ted Cruz: Can a climate change skeptic win in 2016?” – The Christian Science Monitor 3/23/2015
• “How To Woo Hispanics Voters: Talk About Climate Change, Too” – International Business Time 2/10/2015
• “Most Americans support government action on climate change, poll finds” – Skeptical Science 2/1/2015
• “Most Americans Support Taking Action on Climate” – The International NY Times 1/31/2015
• “Half in G.O.P. Say They Back Climate Action” – The NY Times 1/31/2015
• “Poll sheds light on Republicans’ changing global warming views” – Al Jazeera 1/30/2015
• “Senate’s pipeline battle likely to spill over into Republican presidential debates” – E&E News 1/23/2015
• “Chilly for the Truth” – Tampa Bay Times 12/19/2014
• “Public support for EPA rule strong as another poll indicates positive sentiment” – SNL Daily Gas Report 12/16/2014
• “Why Republicans Keep Telling Everyone They’re Not Scientists” – The NY Times 10/31/2014
• “The UN climate summit reveals India’s hypocrisy on saving forests” – The Guardian 9/24/2014
• “Does it Even Matter What the Public Thinks About Climate Change?” – Washington Post 9/22/2014
• “Profile of an academic feud: What do 97% of scientists believe about climate change?” – E&E News 7/24/2014
• “How to Determine the Scientific Consensus on Global Warming” – Scientific American 7/24/2014
• “Changing world temperatures influence views on global warming, Stanford scholar says” – Stanford News 6/23/2014
• “Public Opinion on Climate Remains Unchanged, According to New RFF Survey” – Resources for the Future 6/13/2014
• “After the warmest April in recorded history, don’t expect climate attitudes to change” – Washington Post 5/21/2014
• “How El Niño Might Alter the Political Climate” – The NY Times 5/20/2014
• “Can Obama save the Senate by saying ‘Denier’?” – ClimateWire 5/20/2014
• “White House messaging strategy wows PR pros” – GreenWire 5/15/2014
• “Obama has new focus with climate change” – Columbia Daily Herald 5/10/2014
• “How Talking About Climate Change Might Actually Help Democrats Win Elections” – Washington Post 3/11/2014
• “Don’t Rule Out Congress in the Fight Against Climate Change” – EESI 1/29/2014
• “Obama finds changing public perceptions on warming remains an uphill battle” – E&E News 1/28/2014
• “Climate Change Meeting in Warsaw” – Dissident Voice 12/5/2013
• “Insights into public perceptions of the science of climate change” – InPsych 12/2013
• “Editorial Exchange: Feeling the heat” – The Canadian Press 11/22/2013
• “American Electorate Wants Action on Climate Change” – Earth Fix 11/18/2013
• “Broad consensus on climate change across American states” – The Conversation 11/17/2013
• “President Obama tweets about Stanford Professor Jon Krosnick’s poll on climate change” – Stanford News 11/15/2013
• “Stanford Professor Jon Krosnick to Unveil New State-Level Climate Change Polling Data” – Federal NewsFeed 11/14/2013
• “Red States Support Climate Legislation Too” – Stanford News 11/13/2013
• “Majority of red-state Americans believe climate change is real, study shows” – The Guardian 11/13/2013
• “Global warming is real; Concerns higher in drought-hit areas” – USA Today 11/13/2013
• “Comprehensive State-Level Polling Data” – Committee on Energy and Commerce 11/13/2013
• “Bicameral Task Force on Climate Change Co-Chairs Release First Comprehensive State-Level Polling Data on Climate Change” – Vote Smart 11/13/2013
• “Americans Back Greenhouse Gas Cuts” – USA Today 11/13/2013
• “Public anxious on climate, to a point” – Politico 5/7/2013
• “Americans back preparation for extreme weather and sea-level rise” – Science Daily 4/18/2013
• “Woods Institute surveys public on climate change preparation” – Stanford Daily 4/11/2013
• “Americans support climate change adaptation” – Summit County Citizen Voice 3/30/2013
• “Americans want coasts, not feds, to bear the cost of sea level rise” – GreenWire 3/29/2013
• “Stanford Survey: Americans Back Preparation for Extreme Weather and Sea-level Rise” – Stanford News 3/28/2013
• “Public Opinion on Climate Change” – CSPAN 3/28/2013
• “Climate Worst-Case Scenario May Backfire In Activists’ Campaign: Study” – Huffpost 3/28/2013
• “Climate change poll: Most want to prepare, few want to pay” – Politico 3/28/2013
• “80 per cent of Americans think global warming is serious problem for U.S.” – Daily Mail 12/15/2012
• “Science doubters say world is warming” – Times Union 12/14/2012
• “Nearly Four in five Americans believe the Earth is warming” – CBS News 12/14/2012
• “Extreme weather more persuasive on climate change than scientists” – The Guardian 12/14/2012
• “Gloom-and-doom messages on climate may spread skepticism” – ClimateWire 11/17/2012
• “Why Bloomberg Endorsed Obama” – Foreign Policy 11/2/2012
• “Enviros hope Sandy boosts climate issues ahead of election”- GreenWire 10/31/2012
• “Why Aren’t Politicians Listening to Joe Romm About Climate Change?” – Atlantic 10/10/2012
• “PBS NewsHour For September 17, 2012” – PBSNews Hours 9/7/2012
• “Record Summer Heat Shifts Public Opinion on Global Warming” – The Chronicle of Higher Education 9/3/2012
• “Advocates see recent extreme weather as a ‘teachable moment'” – 8/10/2012 E&E News 
• “MIA on Climate Change” – Yahoo News 8/1/2012
• “Scientists struggle with limits — and risks — of advocacy” – E&E News 7/9/2012
• “Concern about the climate declines” – Washington Post 7/3/2012
• “Global warming no longer Americans’ top environmental concern, poll finds” – Washington Post 7/2/2012 
• “Planet of the Apes: Creationists and Climate Skeptics Separate Species or Just Different Breeds?” – The Philadelphia Inquirer 6/30/2012
• “Share of people backing action on climate change drops, but majority remains” – ClimateWire 5/9/2012
• “Support slips for measures aimed at curbing global warming”- USA Today 5/8/2012
• “Americans Are Starting To Make The Connection Between Crazy Weather And Climate Change” – Business Insider 4/25/2012
• “Stanford researcher says ‘Climategate’ is not increasing skepticism” – ClimateWire 3/17/2012
• “Poll: US Belief in Warming Rises With the Thermometer” – Boston 2/28/2012
• “Climate Scientist Rallied to the Edge and Beyond” – Big Think 2/20/2012
• “Why Global Warming Still Target of Skepticism for Americans” – Huffington Post 2/17/2012
• “Public Opinion, the Media and Climate Change” – The Energy Collective 2/6/2012
• “Arguing as the world burns” – Financial Times 11/25/2011
• “Experts debunk polls claiming fewer Americans believe in climate change” – Grist 11/16/2011
• “Examining the impact of green politics on recent national elections” – Terra Daily 10/25/2011
• “Democrats Who Campaign For Climate Action Win More” – Grist 10/14/2011
• “Are Americans warming to the threat of climate change?” – The Telegraph 9/30/2011
• “71% of Voters, Small Businesses Support Mandatory Carbon Pollution Cuts” – Clean Tecnhnica 9/29/2011
• “Strong Public Support for EPA Efforts to Reduce Carbon Emissions” – Grist 9/25/2011
• “More Americans Believe World is Warming: Reuters Poll” – Insurance Journal 9/19/2011
• “More people believe in climate change, but fewer think it’s man-made” – GreenWire 9/16/2011
• “More Americans Feel Global Warming as Poll Debate Heats up” – International Business Times 9/16/2011
• “Why on Earth Do We Listen to Those Who Cry Wolf?” – On Earth 7/28/2011
• “Study says candidates lose no ground when taking a ‘green’ position” – E&E Publishing 7/8/2011
• “Wooing Voters (or Not) With a Climate Pitch” – The NY Times 7/6/2011
• “The Science of Why We Don’t Believe Science” – Mother Jones 6/2011
• “Stanford Professor to Discuss Floridians’ Attitudes About Global Warming” – Florida State University press release 1/6/2011
• “How to deal with climate skeptics 101” – E&E News 12/22/2010
• “New Climate in U.S. Capital Creates Challenges—and Opportunity—for Science, Experts Say at AAAS” – American Association for the Advancement of Science 12/5/2010
• “On a Gloomy Landscape for U.S. Energy Policy, Experts See Rays of Hope” – American Association for the Advancement of Science 11/30/2012
• “American Chemical Society co-hosts Science & Society discussion on food safety on Nov. 1” – American Chemical Society 10/28/2010
• “How Republicans managed to rebrand ‘cap and trade'” – The NY Times 9/30/2010
• “Dueling Pollsters Add Heat to Torpid Climate Debate” – The NY Times 8/10/2010
• “New State Surveys Affirm Americans Support For Government Action On Climate Change” – Phys.org 8/4/2010
• “New surveys affirm Americans’ support for gov’t action on climate change” – Science Daily 8/3/2010
• “Action needed on global warming” – UPI 8/3/2010
• “Desire for cheap gas beats sane energy policy” – BC Sustainable Energy Association 7/16/2010
• “Playing Fields And The Rise Of Climate Scepticism” – Media Lens 7/14/2010
• “Americans say air and water pollution now top environmental threat, not climate change” – Electric Utility Weekly 
• “Time to deliver major change in energy policy” – The Windsor Star 7/5/2010
• “Climate science: An erosion of trust?”- Nature 6/30/2010
• “Global Warming? 97% of Experts Agree” – OC Register 6/24/2010
• “The Country’s Behind a Climate Bill” – The LA Times 6/21/2010
• “Just don’t raise gas prices; North Americans agree their governments should deliver major change in energy policy” – Ottawa Citizen 6/16/2010
• “American Support for Government Solutions to Global Warming” – Envtl. Research Web 6/15/2010
• “Poll shows more doubts on global warming” – ClimateWire 6/11/2010
• “US Pollsters Argue Over Public View on Climate Change” – New Scientist 6/10/2010
• “Stanford Poll: Large Majority of Americans Support Government Solutions to Global Warming” – Stanford News 6/10/2010
• “Polls Finds Large Majority of Americans Believe in Global Warming, Support Government Action” – Environmental and Energy Study Institute 6/10/2010 
• “Most Americans still believe the Earth is warming up: survey” – People’s Daily 6/10/2010
• “Have Americans’ Views on Global Warming Changed? A New Look at Public Opinion” – Environmental and Energy Study Institute 6/10/2010 
• “The Climate Majority” – The NY Times 6/9/2010 
• “How robust is public support for addressing climate change?” – Foreign Policy 6/9/2010
• “Slight dip in number of Americans who believe climate change is real” – SNL Energy Finance Daily 3/22/2010
• “Polls and Media Reports Exaggerate Climate Change Backlash, Says Stanford Polling Expert” – American Association for the Advancement of Science 3/21/2010 
• “Climate scientists are getting a little too angry for their own good.” – Slate 2/18/2010
• “Some Scientists Misread Poll Data on Global Warming Controversy” – USA Today 3/9/2010
• “Majority of U.S. supports cap and trade, sort of” – ClimateWire 12/16/2009
• “Americans optimistic warming response will boost economy” – GreenWire 12/15/2009
• “Guv’s climate panel is mostly cloudy” – The Salt Lake Tribune 11/22/2009
• “Ex-veep’s recipe for change; Gore’s latest book offers tools to fix ‘climate crises'” – USA Today 11/6/2009
• “The Global Warming Consensus Has Been Completely Shattered” – Business Insider 10/22/2009 
• “Americans’ belief in global warming cools” – NBC News 10/22/2009
• “Can acid rain sell the climate bill?” – ClimateWire 8/13/2009
• “Climate Policy Series Continues” – Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law press release 3/24/2009
• “Far Fewer Americans Believe in ‘Global Warming'” – Fox News 3/23/2009
• “Record number of Americans say global warming is ‘exaggerated’ in media” – ClimateWire 3/12/2009 
• “Death by sound bites? The language of the cap-and-trade debate” – The NY Times 3/5/2009
• “Climate will rise in the new White House agenda” – ClimateWire 11/5/2008
• “What it means to think ‘green’; Psychologists urge eco-consciousness” – USA Today 8/14/2008 
• “Reduce Carbon Footprint Or Find More Energy Sources? Americans Want To Do Both, Poll Finds” – Stanford News 8/11/2008 
• “Climate Change” – The Chronicle for Higher Education 8/8/2008 
• “‘Green’ bandwagon is getting a big push” – USA Today 2/24/2008
• “Actions don’t match ‘green’ attitudes; Survey shows ‘there’s a lot left to do'” –  USA Today 1/31/2008 
• “How the pollsters got it so wrong in New Hampshire” – The Guardian 1/9/2008 
• “New study finds Americans skeptical about cap-and-trade policies” – E&E News 6/25/2007
• “Exclusive global warming poll: The buck stops here” – NewScientist 6/23/2007
• “Americans want clean energy laws” – UPI 6/22/2007
• “Bush critics warming to his plans for cutting emissions” – The NY Times 6/3/2007
• “Stanford’s Jon Krosnick discusses Americans’ perception of climate change, policy” – E&E News 5/9/2007 
• “Public Perspectives of Global Climate Change” – C-SPAN 4/4/2007
• “Fiddling while the earth burns” – Salon 5/26/2006
• “Environmental pessimism abounds” – UPI 4/4/2006
• “Americans Pessimistic About The Future Health Of The Environment” – Stanford News 3/31/2006
• “Hot Zone; The Reality and Risks of Global Warming” – ABC News episode 3/26/2006
• “New Weathervane essay details survey of U.S. beliefs about global warming” – M2 Presswire 12/2/1997

Survey Methodology

• “Trump’s name will stay above Biden’s on Florida’s 2020 ballot, appeals court rules” – The Arizona Republic 4/30/2020
• “The Pollsters Got It Wrong When Trump Took on Hillary in 2016. Can You Trust Them This Time?” – Newsweek 4/6/2020
• “Ending irrational advantage in elections” – The Hill 11/19/2019 
• “Florida quickly challenges ruling on ballot order” – Daytona Beach News-Journal 11/18/2019
• “Federal judge declares Florida ballots unconstitutional, orders change” – Washington Post 11/15/2019
• “Trump’s new favorite poll inflates his approval rating by about 10 points” – Vox 8/23/2019 
• “Florida Judge Weighs Challenge By Democrats To Order Of Candidates On Ballot” – CBS Miami Local 7/15/2019
• “How Nigerians Will Vote at the 2019 Presidential Poll” – The Nerve Africa 2/15/2019
• “How Robocall Spam and Cheap Tech Are Screwing With Political Polls” – Gizmodo 11/1/2018“
• “Department of Health and Human Services awarded contract of Workplace Climate NIH Survey Project Scientist to Jon Krosnick Consulting” – US Official News 10/4/2018
• Most Research Participants Not Concerned About Data Sharing” — Trial Site News 8/28/2018
• “‘Thumb on the scale’: Democrats attack Florida law that lists Republicans first” – Tampa Bay Times 7/24/2018
• “(Almost) Everything You Knew About The Polls And Israel Is Wrong” – Forward 4/29/2018
• “How Trustworthy Are The Polls, More Than A Year After The 2016 Election?” – Politifact 1/3/2018
• “Did Trump Win Because His Name Was First on the Ballot?” –  Slate 2/28/2017
• “Did Trump Win Because His Name Came First in Key States?” – BBC News 2/25/2017
• “Cooperstown’s Not-So-Secret Secret Ballot” – Wall Street Journal 2/12/2017
• “The 2016 national polls are looking less wrong after final election tallies” – Washington Post 12/30/2016
• “Stanford experts discuss polling challenges during the 2016 presidential election cycle” – Stanford News 11/21/2016
• “Pollsters Scramble As Fewer People Take Their Phone Calls” – Wall Street Journal 10/27/2016
• “Survey most likely a company mining for your data” – LA Times 7/24/2016
• “Think Twice Before Filling Out Congressional Monitor Survey” – LA Times 7/19/2016
• “WTimes Analysis: Deeply Unpopular Presidential Candidates May Mean Record Turnout Export Citation” – The Frontrunner 6/13/2016
• “The Guardian Finds Phone Polls Consistently Show Brexit Losing, Internet Poll Shows the Opposite” – Poll Media 5/17/2016
• “The Company That Conducted the Scary-Muslims Poll Donald Trump Mentioned Thinks He’s Misusing It” – New York Magazine 12/10/2015
• “Politics and the New Machine – Are Polls Running Democracy?” – The New Yorker 11/26/2015
• “Perspective: Do polls have problems?” – Tampa Bay Times 10/23/2015
• “Course evaluations revamped after complaints about old system”- Stanford Daily 10/21/2015
• “How Scientific Are Donald Trump’s Favorite Polls?” – Atlantic 10/19/2015
• “Featured Faculty: Professor Ariel Malka” – The Commentator 10/19/2015
• “Conservative Steve Deace says the pollsters don’t trust their own polls” – Politifact 10/12/2015
• “Will Americans Vote Differently on a Touchscreen?” – The Daily Beast 10/3/2015
• “Understanding Society Releases Latest Data from Innovation Panel to Researchers” – University of Essex ISER news 8/24/2015
• “Michael LaCour Probably Fabricated a Document About Research Integrity” – New York Magazine 6/1/2015
• “Polls, though popular, drive us crazy, but have political value, mixed impact” – City News 4/4/2015
• “What do those numbers even mean? A voter’s guide to political polling in this 2015 federal election year” – National Post 3/14/2015
• “Reporting on polls is improving, but could still be better” – Washington Post 2/3/2015
• “Expert Will Testify in Virginia Lawsuit about Discriminatory Order of Candidates on the Ballot” – Ballot Access News 10/17/2014
• “Women and the ‘I Don’t Know’ Problem” – The NY Times 5/15/2014
• “Finding answers for 50 years” – UIC Today 2/18/2014
• “Experts Look at Past and Future of Survey Research” – Newswise 2/6/2014
• “City turns to Scrabble tiles to help set election ballots” – Anchorage Daily News 1/23/2014
• “Shutdown Shutters Census Bureau’s Data” – Huffpost 10/1/2013
• “Americans Oppose Government Shutdown” – Huffpost 9/23/2013
• “Focus groups examine course evaluations” – Stanford Daily 2/8/2013
• “Election aftermath: How’d pollsters do?” – USA Today 11/8/2012
• “Polling: a look inside the machinery of public opinion surveys” – The Christian Science Monitor 7/8/2012
• “Either way you put it?” – Stanford Daily 1/26/2012
• “Teens Not Always Honest About Drug Use” – ABC News 10/25/2010
• “Can Anyone Explain How Alvin Greene Actually Won?” – Newsweek 6/17/2010
• “A Question of What to Ask” – The NY Times 2/28/2010
• “Huffington’s Unintended Gift to Polling” – National Journal 8/3/2009
• “Behind the Numbers: Polls in Va. Governor’s Race Haven’t Met Post’s Standards” – Washington Post 5/17/2009
• “Americans revved up and ready to vote” – ABC News 4/14/2009
• “Pollsters Debate ‘Bradley Effect’; Election Seen as Test of Theory That Black Candidates’ Leads in Polls Aren’t Real” – Washington Post 10/12/2008 
• “Do Polls Lie About Race?” – The NY Times 10/12/2008 
• “Sex, drugs and surveys; Can filling in a questionnaire prime you for a life of vice?” – NewScientist 6/7/2008
• “Ballot listing not always helpful” – The Telegraph- Journal 4/22/2008
• “Polls Were Right About McCain but Missed the Call on Clinton’s Primary Win” – Washington Post 1/9/2008
• “NASA’s flawed aviation survey may yet yield useful results” – New Scientist 1/9/2008
• “Reading the mind of the body politic” – Wall Street Journal 12/14/2007
• “Taxpayers deserve to see NASA research” – Eastern New Mexico News 11/8/2007 
• “NASA promises Congress it will reveal survey that shows safety problems worse than thought” – South Coast Today 11/1/2007
• ‘Unsafe skies?” – ABC news episode 10/23/2007
• “Air safety survey reveals higher rate of problems; NASA kept results secret” – Herald Tribune 10/23/2007
• “Why Politics Doesn’t Get From A to Z” – The NY Times 10/16/2007
• “Do people answer polls honestly? It depends on who’s asking” – Tampa Bay Times 12/18/2006
• “Ballot Bias” – Mercury News 11/26/2006
• “Some candidates say state should change ballot position rules”- The Associated Press 11/19/2006
• “Ballot Placement: A Delicate Balance” – NPR 11/11/2006
• “Damning evidence screams for change in ballot format” – Daily Lobo 11/7/2006
• “Why Electoral Politics Is Like Plumbing” – Male Pattern Fitness 11/4/2006
• “In the Voting Booth, Bias starts at the top” – The NY Times 11/4/2006 
• “What Pilots Could Tell Us” – The NY Times 8/6/2006 
• “Debate continues over the wording of exit polls” – Santa Monica Daily Press 12/17/2004
• “Testimony continues in challenge to ballot law” – The Associated Press 4/29/2005
• “Pollsters dissect Bush election win” – Stanford News 11/17/2004
• “High turnout could confound pollsters” – The Associated Press 10/31/2004
• “Don’t Ask Me; As Fewer Cooperate on Polls, Criticism and Questions Mount” – Washington Post 10/28/2004
• “Compton Election Dispute May Go to U.S. High Court, Attorney for Ousted Mayor Omar Bradley Says” – Metropolitan News-Enterprise 6/16/2003
• “Shellenberger draws top spot on primary ballot” – Lancaster Newspaper 3/20/2003
• “Court of Appeal Upholds Perrodin Victory Over Bradley in Compton” – Metropolitan News-Enterprise 3/11/2003
• “To the polls” – Washington Post 1/23/2003
• “Breadwinner Blues” – Washington Post 3/17/2002
• “Few in state say they are afraid” – Star Tribune 10/14/2001
• “Bush’s placement on top of Florida ballots gave him edge” – Ohio State University News 11/15/2000
• “Punches bring Problems” – Dayton Daily News 11/10/2000
• “Elections officials says confusing ballots not limited to Florida” – The Associated Press 11/10/2000
• “This could be why pollsters flub election results” – USA Today 2/9/2000
• “Ballot position; Recycling slogans” – Campaigns and Elections 10/1999
• “Candidates Whose Names Are First On Ballot Receive Election Boost” – Ohio State University News 6/29/1998

The Psychology of Attitude Formation and Change

• “Despite worries, presidential debates will do little to shift party lines” – Star Tribune 9/14/2019
• “Psych-Summer Research Program provides research opportunity for students” – Stanford Daily 7/19/2019
• “It’s not what Trump says as much as how he says it” – Washington Post /5/27/2019
• “The narrator in chief” – Washington Post 5/20/2019 
• “Opinion: The Political Magic of Us vs. Them” – NY Times 2/13/2019
• “Political attack ads hint at terror; Can Duncan Hunter’s messaging distract from his indictment?” – Press-Enterprise 10/29/2018
• “Can Duncan Hunter use fear to distract from his indictment?” – The Chico Record 10/27/2018
• “Americans Think Lawmakers Ignore Public Opinion” – Futurity 2/28/2018
• “That “I Approve” Tagline on Political Ads May Have Precisely the Opposite Effect of What Congress Intended” – Mother Jones 2/16/2018
• “Americans’ Low Opinion of Elected Officials Tied to Perceptions of Decision-Making” – Stanford News 2/26/2018
• “The complicated case of Roy Moore’s candidacy” – Philadelphia Inquirer 11/22/2017
• “Many Americans think it’s worse to vote for a Democrat (or Republican) than for a child molester. Is that a problem?” – Philadelphia Inquirer 11/21/2017 
• “Trump Voters Show President They Can Complain on Twitter, Too” – The NY Times 2/15/2017
• “U.S. presidential candidates most disliked in modern history” – China.org 11/8/2016
• “Is There a “Goldilocks” Candidate in the 2016 Presidential Elections? Psychologist Analyzes ‘Voter Brain’” – Digital Journal 10/17/2016
• “5 questions for Jon Krosnick” – American Psychological Association 10/2016
• “The Election Probably Won’t Be Won By Hidden Trump Supporters” – NY Times 9/16/2016
• “How the Candidates’ Talking Points Are Getting Inside Your Head” – Wired 8/09/2016
• “On the Campaign Trail, Love Doesn’t Always Win”– The NY Times 8/4/2016
• “This millennial is steering the RNC’s social media strategy” – CNET 7/18/2016
• “Bill Clinton’s Magic Is Not Working With Millennials” – Fortune Magazine 6/17/2016
• “Decoding Iran’s 2016 elections” – The Middle Easy Eye 3/3/2016
• “Survey: Cruz Attack on Trump Helps … Trump” – Roll Call 1/27/2016
• “Mood swings can lead to vote swings” – Straits Times 8/30/2015
• “Marketing in times of elections” – Business World 6/29/2015
• “Voters go with candidate they feel will provide them safety, security” – Eastern New Mexico News 11/3/2012
• “In Twitter We Trust: Can Social Media Sway Voters?” – NPR 10/26/2012
• “How Low Can You Go? Stanford Experts Weigh In on the Tone of 2012 Presidential Race” – Stanford News 8/8/2012
• “GOP voters confused? Experts say give them a break” – CBS News 2/24/2012
• “Why Congress Won’t Stop Hurting You” – CNN 9/26/2011
• “True Believers, All of Us” – The NY Times 8/6/2011
• “Made-up minds” – The Week 5/13/2011
• “Ch-ch-changes” – The Hotline 4/25/2012
• “Polls Show Romney Leading, Huntsman Gaining In New Hampshire” – The Frontrunner 1/10/2012
• “At Facebook Headquarters, Obama Seeks 2008 Energy” – Reuters 4/21/2011
• “Changes made this year will have an impact on nearly all of the state’s 11.4 million residents” – The Dayton Daily News 4/2/2011
• “Professor snapshot: Jon Krosnick” – Stanford Daily 9/21/2010
• “Bjorn Lomborg’s Climate Change Sparks Environment Debate” – USA Today 9/3/2010
• “Foul Play in South Carolina Primary” – Newsweek 6/11/2010
• “Why Negative Ads Are Good for Voters” – Newsweek 10/10/2008
• “Are you conservative or liberal? Maybe you were born like that” – Montreal Gazette 9/21/2008
• “Edwards’ affair his most costly political risk” – Fox News 8/9/2008
• “Huge voter turnout likely on Super Tuesday” – Derwin Pereira Media Journal 2/5/2008
• “Yes, You Can Be a Political Pundit” – CBS News 10/31/2007
• “3 presidential candidates have lost a child” – East Bay Times 9/9/2007
• “Don’t Bother Polling People on Why They Vote, Researchers Say” – USNEWS.com 3/7/2007
• “The Dreamy Candidate With the Swoon Vote” – Washington Post 12/14/2006
• “Political scientists get more scientific” – Wall Street Journal 8/18/2006
• “Study Ties Political Leanings to Hidden Biases” – Washington Post 1/30/2006
• “Can Fear Win Undecided Voters? Psychologists Say Maybe Not” – The NY Times 10/5/2004
• “Arnold to run for Governor of California” – The National Post (Canada) 8/7/2003
• “Whatever floats your vote” – The Scotsman 4/28/2003
• “Just like Westerns, the Hero always Wins in the End” – Birmingham Post 9/2/2000
• “Study suggests dislike of candidates motivates voters” – The Associated Press 9/1/2000
• “Mind Altering” – Washington Post 1/24/1999
• “Polls Find Most Americans Still Oppose Impeachment and Now Frown on the G.O.P.” – The NY Times 12/15/1998

Other Research

• “Stanford researchers discuss journalism and democracy in lead up to Super Tuesday” – Stanford News 2/27/2020
• “Americans Aren’t As Divided As You Think” – Politico 11/19/2017
• “US cigarette warning labels do a poor job of explaining risk—and fewer smokers are quitting as a result” – Quartz 10/10/2017
• “How Risky is Smoking? Most People Don’t Know” – MedPage Today 8/28/2017
• “U.S. Study: people underestimate risks of smoking due to misperception” – Xinhua Net 8/27/2017
• “Why many Americans still don’t grasp smoking risks” – Futurity 8/23/2017
• “Misperceptions of smoking risk abound, Stanford research shows” – Scope by Stanford Medicine 8/23/2017
• “Many Americans Still Underestimate the Risks of Smoking” – Stanford News 8/22/2017
• “Looking for Ivanka Trump Clothing? Check Goodwill” – Fortune 8/16/2017
• “My President was Black” – Atlantic 12/13/2016
• “Think Twice About Leading Your Mock Jurors” – Persuasive Alligator 3/3/2016
• “Spectrum awards more than $1 million in pilot grants to 30 projects” – Stanford Medicine 2/5/2016
• “Jimmy Morales: How the comedian became president of Guatemala” -The Independent 1/13/2016
• “Candidates Fight Over Abortion, but Public Has Surprising Level of Harmony” – The NY Times 5/6/2015
• “Mia Love: Utahns care little about race” – The Salt Lake Tribune 11/10/2014
• “New England editorial roundup” – The Washington Times 5/24/2014
• “Storm over official’s racial slur simmers in N.H. town” – Bangor Daily News 5/19/2014
• “The Persistence of Racial Resentment” – The NY Times 2/6/2013
• “With Obama, not a post-racial nation, but something more complex” – Washington Post 1/23/2013
• “Obama re-elected, turns focus to second term” – Stanford Daily 11/7/2012
• “Riot over race” – Washington Post 10/30/2012
• “Attitudes Toward African-Americans Have Worsened Since 2008” – The University Record 10/29/2012
• “Majority harbor prejudice against blacks” – MPRNews 10/27/2012
• “What does Obamacare actually do, you ask? You’re not alone, says Stanford pollster.” – Stanford News 10/24/2012
• “Profs talk Republican VP prospects” – Stanford Daily 4/27/2012
• “Will Mitt Romney follow candidates who failed to connect (and failed to win)?” – Washington Post 1/12/2012
• “Obama and the politics of disappointment” – CNN 12/13/2011
• “As American as voter anger” – Politico 10/17/2011
• “Big Shoes, but Maybe Not Unfillable: Where Some Earn Loyalty, Jobs Won Affection” – The NY Times 8/26/2011
• “Health care poll: Many think health overhaul should do more” – Grant County Press 9/28/2010 
• “Many Americans wish health reform law went further, don’t support repeal” – CTV News 9/25/2010 
• “81% got it wrong: Health care overhaul won’t increase federal deficit” – Mercury News 9/21/2010
• “2009: The year in review” – Stanford News 1/5/2010
• “12 scholars named to American Academy of Arts and Sciences” – Stanford News 5/20/2009 
• “Judge Revives Fight Over Chipotle ‘G-M-Over It’ Ad” – Courthouse News 10/2/2008 
• “Spouse vs. Spouse” – McClatchy Newspapers 2/1/2008
• “Scrambling for cash and votes, presidential and gubernatorial candidates are running 2008 election campaigns more like tech start-ups in search of investors and customers” – USA Today 4/4/2007
• “Bush and Allies Trying to Undercut AARP” – Desert News 3/9/2005
• “AARP under fire over Social Security; Bush, backers fight senior group’s claim that changes harmful” – The News-Herald 3/9/2005
• “Deeply Divided Country Is United in Anxiety” – Washington Post 11/4/2004
• “Bush-Kerry split the first responder vote” – NBC News 10/8/2004
• “Dateline episode” – Dateline NBC 3/1/2004
• “Web Sites Pick Ideal Candidates For Undecided Voters” – The National Journal Technology Daily 1/28/2004
• “Overwhelming number of candidates has election officials wondering how everything will work out” – Trivalley Herald 8/9/2003
• “Deluge of candidates a logistical nightmare” – The Oakland Tribune 8/8/2003
• “Who is George Bush?” – NPR 8/15/1992