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Showing Original Post only (View all)USA Today caught cheating on poll [View all]
USA Today breathlessly claims "Poll: Half of Americans say Trump is victim of a 'witch hunt' as trust in Mueller erodes!!!"
https://www.vox.com/2019/3/18/18271441/trump-tweet-usa-today-suffolk-poll-mueller-witch-hunt
...But the poll question on which that headline rests is seriously flawed. The question reads as follows: President Trump has called the Special Counsels investigation a witch hunt and said hes been subjected to more investigations than previous presidents because of politics. Do you agree?
Its true that 50.3 percent of the polls 1,000 respondents said yes to that question. But that doesnt necessarily mean they believe the Mueller investigation is a witch hunt. The prompt packs two different questions into one a poor strategy for a poll question. Respondents simply may have meant to agree that Trump has been subjected to more investigations than previous presidents because of politics a controversial but defensible position without intending to go further and indicate they think Trump is the victim of a witch hunt.
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As transparent as the would be dictator himself. The world would be far more stable and peaceful
KPN
Mar 2019
#20
I knew it as soon as I read the results.Trump is a pathological liar and everybody knows this
onit2day
Mar 2019
#37
Exactly....they agree that he has said its a witch hunt and that he has said...
mentalslavery
Mar 2019
#8
I agree. I saw the poll results on CNN yesterday with nary a word about its credibility.
KPN
Mar 2019
#23
Actually THREE questions. I would agree to "Trump has called ..... witch hunt"
MadLinguist
Mar 2019
#9
Don't have to. It was all over the news yesterday afternoon -- but no mention of the question's
KPN
Mar 2019
#25
The sad thing about this is there are many who will never hear this part of the story, and many of
KPN
Mar 2019
#27
Gosh, what a poorly written question...I used to write instructor's guides, and test questions ...
SWBTATTReg
Mar 2019
#28
USA Today paid somebody extra to craft this question in a deliberately confusing way.
lagomorph777
Mar 2019
#34
Or they are agreeing that he has called the investigation a witch hunt. Push poll question.
Skraxx
Mar 2019
#35
That's if the WWWHW are covered up, if so then trust is deminished. I'll never trust a USA Today pol
uponit7771
Mar 2019
#42
They asked a compound to get the noise they wanted and only posted one part of the question.
uponit7771
Mar 2019
#41
There are many polls. Pick the one you like and swear by it. Swear at the others.
keithbvadu2
Mar 2019
#50