Posted on 08/02/2019 2:04:16 PM PDT by Hojczyk
But the questions raise an important point, I think. If political affiliation isn’t weighted, and if samples are politically lopsided, shouldn’t that fact be disclosed for context in the resulting news stories? And if political affiliation is weighted, shouldn’t that process be described?
Such was the case when I dug into a recent Washington Post-ABC News poll that measured Trump at 53 percent disapproval; according to the poll, 46 percent of registered voters said there is no chance they would consider voting for Trump over any Democratic candidate.
But I found some interesting nuggets that went unreported.
As usual, the sample was Democrat-heavy: 29 percent of respondents who gave their affiliation were Democrat, compared to 23 percent Republican and 37 percent independent. Despite that, more registered voters — 49 percent — said they would choose Trump over a Democrat whom they regard as a socialist (43 percent); 8 percent said they had “no opinion.”
In other words, put into context, among the Democrat-heavy sample, Trump beat out a socialist-style Democrat.
On another topic, I found a bit more news than most headlines reflected. Again, among the Democrat-heavy sample, 59 percent said Congress should not begin impeachment proceedings against President Trump; 37 percent supported the start of impeachment proceedings. In other words, put into context, Republicans made up 23 percent of the polling sample but more than two and a half times that number — 59 percent — do not favor impeachment proceedings against President Trump.
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That is ALL polls do these days.
Cmon man! Been saying it for years (decades). Polls are used to shape opinion. Hence, the use of exit polls during election to drive away conservative voters under the guise their votes won’t matter anyway!!
All polls these days are “Fake News”. When Democrat, Joe Biden pulls in 30,000 people to a political campaign rally...maybe I will heed and listen to polls. Otherwise forget it...folks!!!
Nevertheless the next poll showing Biden beating President Trump will bring out the same trolls
What is the purpose of polls? To push an agenda? To write stories that the source will be paid for? Why do they feel it is necessary to have this information? So you will know how to vote the way they want you to vote? Polls serve NO useful purpose exceptforthose who pay for them, who expect results.
Most pollsters work for candidates and campaigns and issue organizations. They find results that will get them the next polling assignment.
If not that, they work for a media editor who has an agenda. They know what their money source wants to hear. A few want to hear the truth. Most want it to be a push poll of some sort.
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