In the Arena: John Della Volpe, on election polling

A man in a suit is looking at the camera during an election.

Joe Paolino Jr. interviews leaders in Rhode Island and on issues each week in his interview show. On September 24th Paolino interviewed John Della Volpe, of the Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics. They talk about the science and/or the art of polling – what it’s telling us as election season is no longer seasonal,…

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What’s the water truth?

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by Nancy Thomas How often we hear the same phrases in news coverage – almost as if there is Script 1 and Script 2 in the virtual airwaves that reporters grab onto – and then we hear ourselves repeating the phrases. For the last week or so there have been consistent comments in most mainstream…

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16 year olds and up: Be a Poll Worker – Shortages Threaten Elections

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By Herb Weiss, contributing writer With spikes in COVID-19 cases occurring across the nation, causing concerns about the safety or health risk to workers staffing polling sites, AARP announces a new initiative to recruit persons of all ages for the upcoming presidential election to work the polling sites.  AARP along with the Association of Young…

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