Ariel Edwards-Levy - Polling & Analytics Editor
Ariel Edwards-Levy
Polling & Analytics Editor
Ariel Edwards-Levy is a polling and analytics editor for CNN.
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CNN Poll: Americans still broadly oppose overturning Roe; they’re less united on what abortion laws should look like
May 1, 2024
Nearly two years after the Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade, Americans remain broadly opposed to the ruling, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS. But in the midst of a presidential campaign where the major candidates offer starkly different approaches to the issue, the country is less united over how best to handle abortion laws, the survey finds.
Polls show substantial support for candidates like RFK Jr. How much of it is real?
Apr 22, 2024
Historical precedent suggests the election performances of third-party and independent candidates rarely live up to their pre-election polling.
CNN polls take voters’ pulse in two states that flipped blue in 2020
Mar 22, 2024
Majority of voters in Michigan and Pennsylvania are dissatisfied with their presidential choices.
Ohio GOP voters’ support for Trump likely boosted his pick in Senate primary, exit poll suggests
Mar 20, 2024
Ohio GOP primary voters’ broad support for Donald Trump may have helped propel his preferred candidate, businessman Bernie Moreno, to victory in the state’s Republican primary for US Senate, according to the results of CNN’s exit poll in the state.
CNN Poll: More than 6 in 10 SOTU viewers had a positive reaction to Biden’s speech
Mar 8, 2024
More than 6 in 10 Americans who watched President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address had a positive reaction to the speech, according to a CNN Poll conducted by SSRS, with a smaller 35% reacting very positively.
Exit polls of this year’s Republican primaries show how Trump has reshaped the Republican Party
Mar 6, 2024
With Super Tuesday in the rearview mirror, CNN’s entrance and exit polls of the Republican presidential contests so far highlight the extent to which the GOP electorate has been reshaped in former President Donald Trump’s image.
Early exit polls: Most North Carolina and Virginia GOP primary voters would consider Trump fit for presidency if convicted
Mar 6, 2024
Nearly two-thirds of North Carolina primary voters say that they’d consider former President Donald Trump fit for the presidency if he’s convicted of a crime, according to the initial results of CNN’s exit poll of Republican primary voters in the state, with slightly over half of GOP primary voters in Virginia saying the same.
What South Carolina exit polling tells us about Haley’s home-state loss
Feb 25, 2024
Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley’s pitch to her home state’s primary voters – including arguments about her relative fitness for the presidency and her electability in November – largely failed to win over the conservative, MAGA-friendly electorate, according to the results of CNN’s exit poll for South Carolina’s Republican presidential primary Saturday. CNN has projected that former President Donald Trump will win the primary, continuing his sweep this year.
CNN Poll: Most Americans want verdict on Trump election subversion charges before 2024 vote
Feb 5, 2024
Most Americans want to see a verdict on the federal charges former President Donald Trump faces related to election subversion in 2020 before this year’s presidential election, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS.
CNN Poll: Public views of the economy are on the rise, but remain dim
Feb 2, 2024
The public’s long-held pessimism about the economy shows signs of easing since last year, a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS finds. But even with the uptick, many Americans’ views of the economy – and the nation as a whole – remain bleak.
CNN Poll: Trump narrowly leads Biden in general election rematch
Feb 1, 2024
With presidential primaries underway and a 2020 general election rematch seemingly the most likely outcome, a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS shows former President Donald Trump narrowly ahead of President Joe Biden in a matchup shaping up to be a close contest nationally.
New Hampshire exit poll: Majority of GOP primary voters aren’t MAGA, but most would be satisfied with Trump nomination
Jan 24, 2024
The voters who turned out for New Hampshire’s GOP presidential primary on Tuesday were less staunchly conservative and less closely tied to the Republican Party than the electorate in last week’s Iowa caucuses, according to the early results of CNN’s exit poll. But even in a state less naturally inclined to serve as a stronghold for former President Donald Trump, GOP primary voters proved largely willing to embrace him over his remaining rival, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley.
Iowa entrance poll: Most GOP caucusgoers don’t accept Biden’s 2020 win, say a conviction wouldn’t make Trump unfit for office
Jan 16, 2024
Most Iowa GOP caucusgoers refuse to accept President Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory and say they would view former President Donald Trump, whom CNN projected will win the caucuses Monday night, as fit for office even if convicted of a crime, according to CNN’s entrance poll for the Iowa Republican presidential caucuses.
CNN Poll: Haley trims Trump’s lead to single digits in New Hampshire
Jan 9, 2024
Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has trimmed former President Donald Trump’s lead in the Republican primary race in New Hampshire to single digits, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by the University of New Hampshire.
Biden gets low marks on Israel, particularly from young voters, new polling finds
Dec 19, 2023
Only one-third of registered voters approve of President Joe Biden’s handling of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a new poll from The New York Times and Siena College finds, with young voters especially likely to express dissatisfaction.
CNN Polls: Trump leads Biden in Michigan and Georgia as broad majorities hold negative views of the current president
Dec 11, 2023
Former President Donald Trump has the upper hand over President Joe Biden in two critical battleground states – Michigan and Georgia – with broad majorities in both states holding negative views of the sitting president’s job performance, policy positions and sharpness, according to new CNN polls conducted by SSRS.
About
Ariel Edwards-Levy is editor of polling and election analytics at CNN, covering the intersection of politics and public opinion.
Before joining CNN, Ariel was a senior reporter and polling editor at HuffPost. She is a member of the American Association for Public Opinion Research and the winner of the 2019 APSA Carey McWilliams Award for major journalistic contributions to the understanding of politics.
Edwards-Levy is a Los Angeles native and a graduate of the University of Southern California.
