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harumph

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2. 52% for a nebulous possible pie in the sky settlement is immaterial

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Tue Nov 19, 2024, 02:39 PM

Nov 19

The salient implication is that roughly 75% will not consider peace if it means giving up territory.
See how easy that is? This is framed as Gallup would like the data to be understood by stupid people as
are most polls these days.

Hat tip to blm above who evidently sees it for what it is.

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New Gallup poll finds 52% of Ukrainians "would like to see their country negotiate an end to the war as soon as possible [View all] Passages Nov 19 OP

This is how Gallup manipulates their polls for Trump blm Nov 19 #1

Trump will screw them regardless. Passages Nov 19 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author 0rganism Nov 19 #9

52% for a nebulous possible pie in the sky settlement is immaterial harumph Nov 19 #2

The poll is meaningless to Trump and that is all that matters now. Passages Nov 19 #4

Sadly, percentage favoring ending war -- even if it requires territorial concessions -- has been increasing each year. Silent Type Nov 19 #3

Yeah, and there's a Gallup poll out in which 54% of Americans believe the moon is made of green cheese. lees1975 Nov 19 #6

I don't see any way they can trust Russia to comply with a peace treaty. Biophilic Nov 19 #7

Negotiation has always been inevitable Zeitghost Nov 19 #8