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Talitha

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22. Polls - bah!!! No one has EVER asked me to be in a poll.

Reply to budkin (Original post)

Thu Nov 21, 2019, 04:34 PM

Nov 2019

A tiny slice of public opinon means absolutely nothing to me.

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How the heck is public support for impeachment going DOWN?? [View all] budkin Nov 2019 OP

OMG I think I'm gonna cry mucifer Nov 2019 #1

attention spans evertonfc Nov 2019 #2

Plus news fatigue Amishman Nov 2019 #18

this exactly..... a kennedy Nov 2019 #24

I think those numbers will be changing now. Watergate numbers at this point of the process had to be marble falls Nov 2019 #3

I wouldn't pay any attention to polls PatSeg Nov 2019 #4

K&R!!! I don't know how they find the participants in these pools, but I have RKP5637 Nov 2019 #10

Same here PatSeg Nov 2019 #40

I think most people with cell phones don't answer their phones when contacted if smirkymonkey Nov 2019 #45

I don't answer my cell phone or my landline PatSeg Nov 2019 #47

Remember: polls are largely done by phone Bettie Nov 2019 #33

I never do PatSeg Nov 2019 #39

Older people with an Bettie Nov 2019 #43

I can sort of understand that, PatSeg Nov 2019 #46

The older people you know are probably not particularly Bettie Nov 2019 #48

That is true PatSeg Nov 2019 #49

Caution though. Imperialism Inc. Nov 2019 #70

I don't believe any polls anymore Bettie Nov 2019 #73

Three words: margin of error Spider Jerusalem Nov 2019 #5

Because great swaths of this country fall into the "SQUIRREL !!!" trap. CincyDem Nov 2019 #6

At this point in time it can't really go up or down lunatica Nov 2019 #7

I agree. ReformedGOPer Nov 2019 #71

The drop is among independents. I hate that. nt centrarchus Nov 2019 #8

Most regular people only think about marlakay Nov 2019 #9

I agree. I honestly don't understand why they have to be so long Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2019 #27

Fox News and Republicans seem united NewJeffCT Nov 2019 #11

Look underneath the graph.... stevil Nov 2019 #12

actually I suspect gangs of MAGA people yellowdogintexas Nov 2019 #20

My husband and I and all of you here are the only people I know following this closely. Vinca Nov 2019 #13

My SIL this morning: "I'm sick of the whole thing". maxsolomon Nov 2019 #25

I think we waited way too long to impeach. People Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2019 #29

Yes and No. maxsolomon Nov 2019 #32

Totally budkin Nov 2019 #41

Not worth the attention at thus moment beachbumbob Nov 2019 #14

Differing from Watergate in that then you almost coulldn't go anyplace without the hearing being on. Liberal In Texas Nov 2019 #15

Most people Don't listen to the whole thing TheRealNorth Nov 2019 #16

Most people don't listen to any of it. And millions don't even know these hearings are taking place. Garrett78 Nov 2019 #17

Look pretty stable to me Downtown Hound Nov 2019 #19

Nope. Kingofalldems Nov 2019 #21

Polls - bah!!! No one has EVER asked me to be in a poll. Talitha Nov 2019 #22

My household is 100% for impeachment, no change. Brainfodder Nov 2019 #23

There tends to be ebbs and flows; in tides, human affairs, stock market fluctuations, empedocles Nov 2019 #26

Fox News, for starters Miles Archer Nov 2019 #28

And rush Limbaugh Joe941 Nov 2019 #51

the polls are correct, imho. the GOP strategy seems to be working. 0rganism Nov 2019 #30

Cool story, bro. John Fante Nov 2019 #52

Likely an accurate reading of it. AncientGeezer Nov 2019 #74

Everything i read at CNN, Rawstory, The Nation etc. looks like impeachment is well supported Bonx Nov 2019 #31

Perhaps they're shifting their preference to drawing and quartering. nt Buns_of_Fire Nov 2019 #34

I'm more of a boiled in oil or broken on a wheel kind of a guy myself. rzemanfl Nov 2019 #53

I support this. MontanaMama Nov 2019 #79

Just got back from errands marlakay Nov 2019 #35

I don't know of anyone that has been watching it. Myself I watch MSNBC in the evening for the doc03 Nov 2019 #36

Pretty much how I feel about "independents" these days budkin Nov 2019 #38

Cooked books. nt Progressive Jones Nov 2019 #37

Yes - we should keep the constitution only if it is polling well XRubicon Nov 2019 #42

Don't overlook ... Tennessee Hillbilly Nov 2019 #44

It truly boggles the mind. Joe941 Nov 2019 #50

A Big chunk of the Population know Trump is corrupt and don't give a damn ritapria Nov 2019 #54

Exactly dustyscamp Nov 2019 #64

This evening on Last word Laurence O'Donnell Grammy23 Nov 2019 #55

I agree Poiuyt Nov 2019 #57

There are three kinds of people in this country customerserviceguy Nov 2019 #56

? Nov 20 yes is at 50% ... thats up uponit7771 Nov 2019 #58

I'm referring to the averages graph at the very top... budkin Nov 2019 #59

Why does anyone put stock in polling averages? DeminPennswoods Nov 2019 #77

November 21, 45.6% support Impeachment, 45.5% do not Celerity Nov 2019 #61

Sad, but there are a lot of really ignorant people. Jakes Progress Nov 2019 #60

I never realized before Trump quite how many dumb Americans there are. NCLefty Nov 2019 #62

Some may think as I do nitpicker Nov 2019 #63

One poll. Learn statistics. Loki Liesmith Nov 2019 #65

Not one, but an average of all major polls Polybius Nov 2019 #72

Not one poll. Learn to read before being an a-hole. budkin Nov 2019 #75

It hasn't. tavernier Nov 2019 #66

+1 crickets Nov 2019 #68

Believe NO POLLS MFM008 Nov 2019 #67

Could easily just be statistical noise. Imperialism Inc. Nov 2019 #69

Because of those 45 minute ramblings from Nunes doc03 Nov 2019 #76

People expect leaders to play politics Cicada Nov 2019 #78