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09.04.24

Tracking the Pumpkin Spice Premiere 

By Matt GeorgeBy Jessa Scott-JohnsonBy Annie Beckerman

Though Labor Day signals the unofficial end of summer, fall doesn’t even officially start until September 22 – but that isn’t stopping pumpkin-spice-crazed customers from trying to ring in “Augtober” […]

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08.28.24

How has back-to-school shopping changed from last school year? 

By Matt GeorgeBy Jessa Scott-JohnsonBy Annie Beckerman

Somehow summer’s already winding down – and back-to-school sales are heating up, as families rack up their second-largest spending expenditure of the year… $31.3 billion, to be exact, to get their kids […]

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08.20.24

Do voters support AI regulations and rules? 

By Matt GeorgeBy Jessa Scott-JohnsonBy Annie Beckerman

A new survey from the AI Policy Institute (AIPI) says: From a 30,000-foot view majorities support most aspects of policymakers’ AI policy proposals, but differences emerge when you zoom in […]

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07.03.24

This Fourth of July, how patriotic are Americans feeling?

By Matt GeorgeBy Jessa Scott-JohnsonBy Annie Beckerman

Gallup’s most recent survey, conducted mere days before Independence Day this year, showed a declining level of patriotism. From June 3-23, 2024, Gallup asked around 1,000 U.S. adults how proud […]

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06.26.24

Think TV news is dead? Think again. 

By Matt GeorgeBy Jessa Scott-JohnsonBy Annie BeckermanBy Eunice Yau

From May 16-27, 2024, Seven Letter Insight conducted a survey of 500 national opinion influencers and 300 D.C.-area opinion influencers. Opinion influencers are more educated, more affluent, and more influential […]

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06.13.24

How has voters’ news engagement changed over time?  

By Matt GeorgeBy Jessa Scott-JohnsonBy Annie BeckermanBy Eunice Yau

Seven Letter Insight has tracked how much voters engage with local or national news. In 17 surveys from October 2021 to March 2024, we asked national voters how many days […]

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06.04.24

How big is the divide between Zoomers (Gen Z) and Boomers?

By Matt GeorgeBy Jessa Scott-JohnsonBy Eunice YauBy Annie Beckerman

New data says it’s quite large – and it’s having a measurable effect on the younger generation.  Younger adults are more likely than their older counterparts to alter their relationships […]

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05.29.24

Do most Americans trust their news? 

By Matt GeorgeBy Jessa Scott-JohnsonBy Annie BeckermanBy Eunice Yau

According to a new study from the Media Insight Project (a collaboration between the American Press Institute and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research at the University of […]

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05.16.24

What do national voters prioritize most?   

By Matt GeorgeBy Jessa Scott-JohnsonBy Annie BeckermanBy Eunice Yau

As national and global headlines shift and change, Seven Letter Insight has tracked the issues that matter most to national voters. In ten surveys from March 2022 to March 2024, […]

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05.08.24

How much do individual words matter? 

By Matt GeorgeBy Jessa Scott-JohnsonBy Annie BeckermanBy Eunice Yau

Our own research at Seven Letter Insight says: quite a lot.  Take, for example, a question about government spending. When asked how much we are spending on “welfare,” nearly twice […]

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