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In reply to the discussion: One juicy tidbit from Trump's trial not receiving nearly enough attention [View all]
rurallib
(62,876 posts)28. As I understand it much of the work of a polling company is
taking polls to help position products or to create some positive feedback for products such as toothpaste or floor wax. A couple of decades ago my MIL would go to a calling center night after night and call people with questions designed to elicit positive response to all sorts ordinary daily products.
My belief is that they do essentially the same for politics.
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One juicy tidbit from Trump's trial not receiving nearly enough attention [View all]
dlk
May 2024
OP
they are also trying to make it seem like they have more support than they really do, to normalize their madness
LymphocyteLover
May 2024
#58
She was shamelessly fluffing drumph a couple of days ago with this gem. And I quote "Trump gets a bad rap for not
Comfortably_Numb
May 2024
#18
So you too thought her bs was over the top? I admit to not listening to the rest of her ..you know.
Comfortably_Numb
May 2024
#40
Agreed. I don't get my news from the Marvel Comics Universe, even though I love fiction. I won't be getting
Comfortably_Numb
May 2024
#52
There are many polls. Pick the one you like and swear by it. Swear at the others.
keithbvadu2
May 2024
#4
Why don't polls publish their questions? Wording of questions and placement can skew results.
marble falls
May 2024
#7
That, my friend is the my biggest complaint. Who is the sample and how does it truly relate to all voters ...
marble falls
May 2024
#13
I remember that blatant lie from back in the day when ashtrays were everywhere.
jaxexpat
May 2024
#20
I was able to dig in to some polls...and interestingly there was no question about Roe in many of them.
Demsrule86
May 2024
#44
That was the one bad poll for trump. Cohen took their bribe to pay himself back
Captain Zero
May 2024
#39
Are you defending Trump? Cohen took money on his house to pay off Daniels as Trump instructed him too.
Demsrule86
May 2024
#47
I do not trust a single poll. There is not a single political pie in this country that does not have at least 1
Scalded Nun
May 2024
#21
Well there's your reason to disregard any fucking poll that appears in the M$M
Blue Owl
May 2024
#37
That explains a great deal...this is one of the many reasons, I consider polls useless.
Demsrule86
May 2024
#41
Not news, reported in 2019, and they were nonsense polls, not "real" polls.
thesquanderer
May 2024
#42
Exactly. Sometimes the fact that Trump hired Cohen to lie and break the law seems to get overlooked.
Martin68
May 2024
#51
If you're thinking of political polls by reputable polling institutions? None.
brooklynite
May 2024
#60
As I said in post 42, these were non-scientific nonsense online polls, which are notoriously easy to skew,
thesquanderer
May 2024
#67
Regardless of what the average voter knows, the fact that TFG tried to rig...
thesquanderer
May 2024
#71