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cadoman

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3. when they incorrectly use terms like "tariff" or even "trade protection" it'll poll differently

Reply to displacedvermoter (Reply #1)

Mon Oct 21, 2024, 05:22 AM

Oct 21

It should be referred to as a "sales tax" or more accurately: "the Federal Trump sales tax".

Pollsters know they can change a question slightly and get double digit swings in answers.

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I thought the pollsters told us last week they loved displacedvermoter Oct 20 #1

when they incorrectly use terms like "tariff" or even "trade protection" it'll poll differently cadoman Oct 21 #3

The Hawley-Smoot Tariff and the Great Depression TomCADem Oct 21 #2