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ancianita

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57. Here's the thing with ongoing polls, especially when they're corporate sponsored: ongoing polls are only snapshots.

Mon Feb 10, 2025, 02:03 PM

Feb 10

Any sampling of respondents can be made to arrive at desired results of the poll sponsor.

Example:
There's also another poll that shows a clear majority of Americans say we're in a constitutional crisis.
It's not unreasonable to think that the most recent skewed samplings that exist can be most relevant, but ongoing polls are only snapshots.

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We need to stop caring about ongoing corporate polls, because they're used to drive pro-fascist narratives on the "news." All the bad news corporate polls posted just spread the darkness of the Right Wing.
They're not accurate perspectives on Americans across regions and demographics.

Only the oldest, biggest samplers -- like Gallup Polls and Pew Polls -- come close to accurate and reliable.

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What is wrong with the American people? [View all] madaboutharry Feb 10 OP

Greatest moral collapse in US history. Irish_Dem Feb 10 #1

"Owning the Libs" is a bigger issue than we surmised. magicarpet Feb 10 #10

The dark under belly of human nature has taken over. Irish_Dem Feb 10 #27

I blame social media BonnieJW Feb 10 #59

They also believe every word from Fox news Number9Dream Feb 10 #82

Possibly the greatest self-own in human history. yardwork Feb 10 #12

We can plcdude Feb 10 #2

100% . pandr32 Feb 10 #23

That was a CBS poll. MLWR Feb 10 #50

Trust no poll or report regarding this MaeScott Feb 10 #60

Here's the CBS poll with sample size and margin of error. CBHagman Feb 10 #71

They are accustomed to psychological abuse and lap it up. bucolic_frolic Feb 10 #3

Your wise words are certainly true. chouchou Feb 10 #9

I would add that the ubiquity of advertising has lead to ... surrealAmerican Feb 10 #28

Mainstream media has done an effective job of 'sanewashing' Trump. John Farmer Feb 10 #4

Well said GoreWon2000 Feb 10 #67

It seems as if most Americans care only for themselves. Biophilic Feb 10 #5

And they themselves are gonna get screwed along with the rest of us Martin Eden Feb 11 #86

consider the ambient propaganda they are steeped in eShirl Feb 10 #6

I certainly hope that congress will stop this bullshit and grow a spine. chouchou Feb 10 #7

I don't believe it! Hope22 Feb 10 #8

Well, here's my take. yardwork Feb 10 #11

And they commit crimes defined by laws that were signed in the blue book. Justice matters. Feb 10 #65

Well stated and absolutely spot on true. Ligyron Feb 10 #75

Thank you! yardwork Feb 10 #80

Some of them are awful and would vote for Satan if he said he could make eggs $2.00 a dozen. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 10 #13

We will hear in four or five days how that poll was bullshit. Scrivener7 Feb 10 #14

Propoganda, incessant, non stop propoganda for the past half century indusurb Feb 10 #15

IMO, you are 110% correct. hadEnuf Feb 10 #18

I do not Rebl2 Feb 10 #16

From: Unpopular Front Voltaire2 Feb 10 #17

People are ignorant of civics and how things work. yellow dahlia Feb 10 #20

The thing these "Americans" really don't realize is that when a citizen is "fired" haele Feb 10 #76

I don't remember where they said the poll came from, but I doubt it. yellow dahlia Feb 10 #19

It's a CBS/YouGov poll indusurb Feb 10 #25

Cbs hannah Feb 10 #32

CBS is Fox News now. dchill Feb 10 #83

It's just a matter of time before his approval ratings take a hit. FloridaBlues Feb 10 #21

They are dumb. Raftergirl Feb 10 #22

Add that americans dont understand their minds. Your Eternal Self proves the Karadeniz Feb 10 #24

Sheeple Wicked Blue Feb 10 #26

The same thing that was wrong with the German people in the 1930s iemanja Feb 10 #29

It seems JBTaurus83 Feb 10 #30

Odd poll indicates people are mostly bigoted Johonny Feb 10 #31

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This thread is not about the Middle East. madaboutharry Feb 10 #35

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Well OK then. GP6971 Feb 10 #37

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He isn't playing Bibi radical noodle Feb 10 #42

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Huh? I didn't say anything about abusing power in this thread. GP6971 Feb 10 #47

Your diversion and support is noted sarisataka Feb 10 #43

Damn it!!!! Anno 2525 Feb 10 #48

And so it begins....What you might ask? I think you know. GP6971 Feb 10 #52

Perhaps you are unaware, being new* here , sarisataka Feb 10 #55

You just made me laugh! madaboutharry Feb 10 #66

As has been mentioned on DU many times, we need our own media infrastructure... keep_left Feb 10 #34

It's not going to stay there. It will go down. themaguffin Feb 10 #38

Polls can be fixed just like electon tallies. nt Jit423 Feb 10 #39

Their hate for us. nt Hotler Feb 10 #41

Doesn't match the other polling I've seen. I'm taking this with a pound of salt. LauraInLA Feb 10 #44

It's purely propaganda oldmanlynn Feb 10 #46

Those supporters are racists, and I do not believe that statistic wolfie001 Feb 10 #49

Grocery prices aren't any lower. What are they approving of? IronLionZion Feb 10 #51

I feel it is a decided lack of morals and ethics. OldBaldy1701E Feb 10 #53

fake polls joanbarnes Feb 10 #54

We're battling a propaganda machine that rivals BigDemVoter Feb 10 #56

Here's the thing with ongoing polls, especially when they're corporate sponsored: ongoing polls are only snapshots. ancianita Feb 10 #57

Until most of these 53% will FEEL the PAIN Justice matters. Feb 10 #58

They're pretty dumb. maxsolomon Feb 10 #61

"The Five Basic Laws of Human Stupidity" Cipolla Jakes Progress Feb 10 #62

People don't want to get audited aeromanKC Feb 10 #63

It's the "bended-knee" media. Trust nothing they say, publish, or broadcast. n/t dobleremolque Feb 10 #64

They are polling magats sanduca Feb 10 #68

They have been attacking education for forty years. Grumpy Old Guy Feb 10 #69

Rigged polls. cayugafalls Feb 10 #70

timeline problem Nasruddin Feb 10 #72

One word explanation Joe Nation Feb 10 #73

I am skeptical Cirsium Feb 10 #74

E.D.U.C.A.T.I.O.N. ReRe Feb 10 #77

How come we don't see the name of the poling company? Festivito Feb 10 #78

Trump should have been arrested and prosecuted for Jan 6th on Jan 7th at the latest! Ohioboy Feb 10 #79

A list for an answer GusBob Feb 10 #81

White supremacy is popular in the USA, not shocked. berkerly6240 Feb 10 #84

I don't believe ANY polls Skittles Feb 10 #85

More entertained than informed. Only cares The Third Doctor Feb 11 #87