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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIt is so misleading when the media makes declarations about drumpf's support. If 80% of his voters
favor him, how many voters were polled? Is that 80% of 300 people in a small town in Missouri where if you had polled the entire population, that number might diminish to 10%? Polls suck!
Arkansas Granny
(31,515 posts)The last I saw that was around 33% of voters. They should ask Democrats and Independents about their support.
spooky3
(34,444 posts)The media focused on the Repub numbers only. But only about 8% of Dems and about a third of independents approved of Trumps Helsinki actions.
spooky3
(34,444 posts)Whether they were randomly selected, etc.
538.com does a good job aggregating the poll results and describing samples etc.
raccoon
(31,110 posts)Im skeptical of polls myself. Especially after the election of the dotard.
Raven123
(4,830 posts)beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)like to see, the questions can be framed in such a manner, the sampling can be skewed in such a manner. Thats way the truly professional pollsters can nail the number pretty damn close. I have NO doubt that 80% of trump voters still support him....and to tell you the truth I could care less
dlk
(11,561 posts)Polls can be manipulated.