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In reply to the discussion: Dems Like Leftism, Not Bernie Sanders [View all]George II
(67,782 posts)For example, the one next to the bottom one (the bottom one is a Salon headline, no link or content) is a poll of Senators AMONG THEIR OWN CONSTITUENTS. No one got to rand all 100 Senators around the country, just the two in their own particular states.
Vermont has a population of a mere 600,000 homogeneous people. Is is any surprise that Sanders is 1st and the Senator who is second is his senior Senator ALSO from Vermont?
Look at who most of the top 10 are. Six of them are from states with the smallest populations who are virtually all white. Surely its easier to please a very small group of people who almost all have similar ethnic backgrounds than 40 million people of all different races and backgrounds (California) or 20 million (New York)
Others ask respondents to rate only a few politicians, like that one with the red rectangle. READ the question - "We'd like to get your overall opinion of SOME people in the news". Not all people, not all Senators. "SOME people"! People that have been pre-selected by the pollster.
So, going back to my post, "There is literally no poll anywhere showing that he's the most popular of ANY politician."