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okaawhatever

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Mon Dec 30, 2019, 05:31 PM Dec 2019

Gallup Gaslighting Americans Again-Obama was #1 in Admired Man Survey

Gallup Reporting shows tie at 18% for Trump and Obama. Problem is, their own data shows Obama had more votes than Trump and only tied in percentages. In Gallup's own reports they list a small t after the candidates who actually tied. From their report: Notice that even though Jimmy Carter, Musk and Gates all had 2%, but they only show Carter & Musk tying. (the number of respondents were tied in number). They also don't show a 4th place, which is customary when there is a tie for third place. There is also an example of this in their report for women. Three women had 3% but not considered tied. Three women had 1% but only 2 of them are described as tied.

Most admired man 2019

2019 2018
1 Barack Obama 18 19
2 Donald Trump 18 13
3t Jimmy Carter 2 1
3t Elon Musk 2 1

5 Bill Gates 2 1

Most admired woman 2019:

2019 2018
1 Michelle Obama 10 15
2 Melania Trump 5 4
3 Oprah Winfrey 3 5
4 Hillary Clinton 3 4
5 Greta Thunberg 3 --
6 Queen Elizabeth 2 2
7 Nancy Pelosi 2 1
8 Ruth Bader Ginsburg 2 1
9 Elizabeth Warren 1 1
10t Angela Merkel 1 2
10t Nikki Haley 1 1




https://news.gallup.com/poll/203207/trump-job-approval-weekly.aspx

Oh, and BTW Gallup also changed the way they calculate approval.

1938-2008 Gallup uses one method
2009-2017 Gallup changes method (I'm sure it's coincidence that Obama was in office those years)
2018 Gallup changes again
2019 Gallup goes back to original method

I'm sure these changes have nothing to do with getting a more favorable outcome for certain presidents. (Insert sarcasm thingy)

Writer's note: I used the term gaslighting instead of fraud/misrepresentation because of what Gallup made you do to get all the data.

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Gallup Gaslighting Americans Again-Obama was #1 in Admired Man Survey (Original Post) okaawhatever Dec 2019 OP
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