Nearly half of voters believe Biden broke law in regards to son Hunter: poll

[applegrove]

Nearly half of voters believe Biden broke law in regards to son Hunter: poll

Jacob Knutson

https://www.axios.com/2023/09/21/joe-biden-illegal-hunter-business

"SNIP....... ..

Nearly half of U.S. adults say they believe President Biden "definitely" or "probably" did something illegal in relation to his son, Hunter, according to a recent poll.

Why it matters: The results suggest Republicans' relentless messaging around the president's alleged corruption has broken through with a portion of voters, even as Democrats and some Republicans highlight the lack of evidence for the claims.

Driving the news: The Yahoo News/YouGov survey of 1,636 people found that the number of registered independents who said they believed the president had broken the law in regards to Hunter was even higher, at 54%.

* Among Republicans, the number was 85%.

.........SNIP"

[The_Casual_Observer]

1. Nealy half of the 1636 lonely boomers that responded to the online poll.

JFC with this half the voters.

[sinkingfeeling]

9. Sorry, but the boomers in that poll only made up 21% of it. A total of 346 out

of the 1636.

[Think. Again.]

2. Yes...

...that's how propaganda works, makes people believe whatever the propagandist wants to make people believe.

It's also called 'marketing' in some professional circles.

[The Unmitigated Gall]

3. Our supine media.

[Walleye]

4. Isn't that what they call a push poll?

[applegrove]

5. Should I not post it? Seems like a serious problem

we should be aware of and include in our discussions and fight for the country.

[Walleye]

7. I don't know what we can do about it other than defend him vociferously. Republicans lie and lie

Nothing wrong with posting a poll, but what are we supposed to do about so many people believing such obvious lies?

[applegrove]

11. We could challenge the people who are MAGA about

the propaganda. This is specific and easily to verify. Easy to explain. No evidence of crimes Biden committed. Don't believe me? What crimes exactly has he committed? Details.

[Walleye]

14. I think about half the people in this country believe that all politicians are crooks

The Republicans have done a good job of false equivalence. Especially since Reagan and Gingrich

[delisen]

8. Yes you should definitely post this information.

What influences voters is news. It also needs to be addressed if we intend to do everything possible to help Biden win re-election.

[yardwork]

22. Is there evidence that this was a push poll?

[Walleye]

24. I don't know, that's why I asked

[yardwork]

25. Hmmmm... I don't like questions asked in that way.

It's like when the media roll out some outrageous lie and then say they're just asking questions.

There's zero evidence presented that this was a push poll.

[Walleye]

29. I guess I'm not sure what a push poll actually is

[yardwork]

34. Fair enough!

A push poll is a fake poll, conducted in such a way that it is designed to influence the responders' opinions, rather than assess opinions. The wording of the questions is designed to "push" people's opinions.

Push polls ask survey participants leading questions, such as "Do you trust Joe Biden to tell the truth even though Democrats always lie?"

Push polls are fake. They aren't designed to gather information, but instead, to spread lies and propaganda. Republicans have used this strategy for decades.

[Walleye]

36. Thank you, that clears it up. I was thinking it was just leading questions

[Ms. Toad]

26. You gov is generally not push polling.

I didn't participate in this particular poll, so I can't speak to this specific question. But I regularly participate in their polls. I can't speak to whether they are properly adjusted to the population demographics, but their questions side reasonably well constructed, and not designed to push you to one outcome v. the other.

[Walleye]

28. Thank you, that was a complete answer I appreciate it

[VMA131Marine]

6. What percentage of those voters think Trump broke the law at least once?

It should be near 100%

Plus, I bet none of those who answered yes can actually quote a law they think the President might have broken.

[sinkingfeeling]

12. Only 64% think TFG's indictments are a big problem. Also, of interest, 54% think Trump

family is corrupt.

[edhopper]

10. The MSM

has done it's job.

[yardwork]

35. This.

[Celerity]

13. cross tabs

https://www.scribd.com/document/672550425/20230918-yahoo-tabs#

[Dave says]

15. Things like this just make me sick

[gab13by13]

27. I totally agree

This poll is like asking the question, Have you stopped beating your wife?

Responding to a lie is a lose lose situation.

[Walleye]

30. Yep. Our answer should be, Joe Biden is honest and ethical, and never took a bribe in his life

[Iggo]

16. What did he do and what law did he break?

“I feel like he probably did something wrong” is not how we do business in this country.

[yardwork]

23. Unfortunately, it is now.

[Johonny]

17. Same people that think the Clintons made money in

Whitewater. Fox News makes you stupid.

[rdchili96]

18. ...

Every time a poll is posted, an angel gets it's wings ripped off.

I hate the framing of "half the voters" that polls like this do. It makes it sound like more people than it really is.

[Xavier Breath]

19. I wonder to what extent this is just reflective

of the overall cynicism Americans have about politician's conduct in general, as opposed to their beliefs regarding Joe's actual behavior. "They're all crooked" has wormed its way into the American psyche. Not everyone feels that way of course, and we exhibit as much here every day. But, politicians as a group have fallen in esteem so much over time, perhaps its natural to expect some people, Independents especially with no "team" to cheer for, to paint all politicians with the same broad brush regardless of who's in charge.

[Walleye]

32. That's it exactly, the crooked politicians have convince Americans that all politicians are crooked

It’s dishonesty on the part of the politicians who know very well there are some very honest people in our government. It’s also laziness on the part of the voters who really don’t want to know facts. Actually thinking, it’s too much work for half of Americans I guess. You can’t blame people for thinking the government is crooked when they have guys like Senator Kennedy, and Josh Hawley. But we also have guys like Chris Coons then josh Shapiro

[tinrobot]

20. Which is why the Republicans aren't going to stop this nonsense

They are sowing doubt in advance of the election - and it seems to be working.

The Benghazi BS probably took a few points off of Hilary's numbers in 2016. Yes, it was also BS, but they got just enough people to second guess themselves.

[Maraya1969]

21. Democrats need to hit back. Hillary lost partially because people believed that she broke the law with Benghazi

And "Her emails"

Maybe the Dems should make something up about one of their own, (Not tfg because he is already charged)

Start an investigation into Mitch McConnell for stealing from the congress coffers? Or one of the candidates.
Maybe it's not a good idea and it is not what we Dems do but I believe in fighting fire with fire is the only way to win sometimes.

[gab13by13]

31. More proof that polls are used for propaganda.

Hunter Biden has been investigated for 5 years, President Biden's emails have been turned over to Comer and Magats can find no link between Hunter and Joe and yet we are supposed to respond to a poll that is based on a lie?

How many people believe that Trump actually had bone spurs to get out of going to Vietnam would be a more realistic poll.

[Takket]

33. Did the pollers ask the pollees why information they have to support that belief?

I’d most likely chalk that up to a significant portion of the population just hating politicians in general and therefore just assuming any of them are criminals, rather than believing the people they polled actually have any sort of informed opinion on the subject.

[maxsolomon]

37. Nearly half of US voters vote Republican.

I doubt half could name what Hunter Biden did wrong without a prompt.

[triron]

38. Don't underestimate the stupidity of the American voter

[JHB]

39. We saw this tactic in the 90s

Throw turdball after turdball, hoping something sticks, but even when it sloughs off it collects around the target's feet.

The rancid pile gives off a fogbank of steam, at which Republicans point with alarm and say "Where there's smoke..."

[fredamoss3]

40. Nearly half of the voters questioned is different from nearly half of voters.

Don't be a patsy for the media cunning.

[NowISeetheLight]

41. OK... What Then?

What do you think he did wrong? Any proof? You've got one so called whistleblower claiming something, but everyone he accused denies it. So basically you've got one MAGAT and nothing else.