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27. When u poll more Deplorables than reality based

Tue Feb 4, 2020, 10:45 AM

Feb 2020

individuals of course Rump is going to get good numbers. Doesn’t take a rocket scientist or another poll to figure that out.

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Gallup Poll has Trump at 49%. [View all] SamKnause Feb 2020 OP

I heard that. kentuck Feb 2020 #1

Fuck if I know. SamKnause Feb 2020 #3

I can't believe it Johonny Feb 2020 #6

Are you sure? Arthur_Frain Feb 2020 #25

No, you are wrong Johonny Feb 2020 #40

"He's an asshole, but he's OUR asshole," is their "logic." SuprstitionAintthWay Feb 2020 #86

+1, uponit7771 Feb 2020 #10

Gallup always leans conservative. Grasswire2 Feb 2020 #57

Temporary bump scarytomcat Feb 2020 #112

WTF? lagomorph777 Feb 2020 #2

What the fuck indeed. SamKnause Feb 2020 #4

Gallup? Put him down at a 45 at most. underpants Feb 2020 #5

Correct. Baitball Blogger Feb 2020 #17

Gallup provides that information Locutusofborg Feb 2020 #50

That is the problem... LiberalFighter Feb 2020 #77

Maybe. Or maybe lots of people just aren't talking to the pollsters struggle4progress Feb 2020 #7

I don't talk to pollsters, I don't answer stuff on a cold call, unless it's the RNC. 😂 TheBlackAdder Feb 2020 #96

His approval rating? So what? marmar Feb 2020 #8

49% brain function? pwb Feb 2020 #9

49% all-fat hamberders TheCowsCameHome Feb 2020 #20

Gallup is a mere "B" rated pollster, says FiveThirtyEight. JaneQPublic Feb 2020 #11

The media should identify that to the viewers. But of course they don't. LiberalFighter Feb 2020 #79

Beware of the horse race produce by corporate media . .. Iliyah Feb 2020 #12

+1000 kentuck Feb 2020 #14

Indeed JDC Feb 2020 #16

Indeed! n/t Vogon_Glory Feb 2020 #30

The poll breakdown: Hawaii Hiker Feb 2020 #13

Seriously? Is there a link? lagomorph777 Feb 2020 #23

If link doesn't work i lifted the text Hawaii Hiker Feb 2020 #26

Whoah! Thanks! So compared to the biased sample, Turd is under-performing by 5%. lagomorph777 Feb 2020 #31

people with LANDLINES Grasswire2 Feb 2020 #58

I am now officialy an old fart lapfog_1 Feb 2020 #59

yes, but that's how Gallup polls. Grasswire2 Feb 2020 #67

Same kind of polling that predicted Alf Landon easily winning the 1936 election Wednesdays Feb 2020 #89

There are 2 very different question lines grantcart Feb 2020 #99

The Republican Party is shrinking. I wonder if it is properly weighted. boston bean Feb 2020 #48

I don't see it as being weighted when they had more Republican respondents than Democratic. LiberalFighter Feb 2020 #82

that disparity is handled by weighting the results to match general population 0rganism Feb 2020 #64

I noted that too along with different margin of error for each. LiberalFighter Feb 2020 #81

This is basically right-wing propaganda. rockfordfile Feb 2020 #15

If the economy doesn't crash, Trump will be reelected. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2020 #18

Most polls show the economy doesn't really help him..... marmar Feb 2020 #21

"The Economy" means one thing to billionaires and corporations; a whole other thing... lagomorph777 Feb 2020 #24

But if the corporate media plays up the economy TheRealNorth Feb 2020 #60

If you noticed the Trump Tax Hike in your 1040 last year; if you can't export your soybeans anymore; lagomorph777 Feb 2020 #83

I'm afraid that's wishful thinking FBaggins Feb 2020 #92

This chart from the Federal Reserve shows that wages have suddenly stopped growing lagomorph777 Feb 2020 #93

No it doesn't FBaggins Feb 2020 #100

I hear your concern lagomorph777 Feb 2020 #102

I see it now (PC)... I'm afraid you're reading it wrong FBaggins Feb 2020 #109

People at minimum wage benefited mainly from state initiatives to raise minimum. lagomorph777 Feb 2020 #111

Not statistically significant FBaggins Feb 2020 #113

He was disliked in 2016. tman Feb 2020 #29

But so was Hillary. marmar Feb 2020 #37

Majority of Americans want Trump convicted rockfordfile Feb 2020 #62

People vote for candidates they don't like all the time. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2020 #73

The economy is helping him, tho... Drunken Irishman Feb 2020 #103

That's if we truly have an election, we don't Trump has already committed to cheating uponit7771 Feb 2020 #22

How can anybody say that he will be re- elected Butterflylady Feb 2020 #53

Because no matter who our nominee is, it's hard to beat an incumbent in a strong economy. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2020 #74

You are among the very few who grasps the big picture reality Awsi Dooger Feb 2020 #87

Seems like every day we wake up to a Fresh New Hell. Grammy23 Feb 2020 #19

That's what it feels like.. whathehell Feb 2020 #51

When u poll more Deplorables than reality based NoMoreRepugs Feb 2020 #27

No one poll is dispositive. Every poll is a data point. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2020 #28

We are up sh'ts creek UNLESS we Democrats choose the most democratisphere Feb 2020 #32

I couldn't agree more! If we don't choose Biden, She_Totally_Gets_It Feb 2020 #66

Polls are used for propaganda, gab13by13 Feb 2020 #33

FiveThirtyEight has 43.6 Approve, 52.1 Disapprove nt Phoenix61 Feb 2020 #34

Average the polls folks. Loki Liesmith Feb 2020 #35

You're 100% right but it's unsettling to see Trump doing well in a respected poll. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2020 #39

Sure I get it. Loki Liesmith Feb 2020 #44

I am trying to adopt a Zen like approach to politics ... DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2020 #47

Gallup is not a respected pollster rockfordfile Feb 2020 #63

Perception is reality. The media treats them/sees them as a respected pollster. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2020 #65

Chill! It's only February! Vogon_Glory Feb 2020 #36

Nope. Gallup skews way right. Claritie Pixie Feb 2020 #38

I no longer believe any of these polls. dewsgirl Feb 2020 #41

Hmmm.... MoMof6 Feb 2020 #42

Nine months out and some defeatists are already saying that All Is Lost Vogon_Glory Feb 2020 #45

+1000 marmar Feb 2020 #46

Individual polls don't matter. Aggregates do. octoberlib Feb 2020 #71

Was does Rasmussen say? denem Feb 2020 #43

Gish Gallop? GeorgeGist Feb 2020 #49

The great danger is people have just gotten used to Trump's malignant behavior andym Feb 2020 #52

The nightmare scenario and easy to anticipate Awsi Dooger Feb 2020 #88

In the last 20 years Gallup has been running Still Sensible Feb 2020 #54

Gallup always leans conservative. Grasswire2 Feb 2020 #55

Gosh! Someone Predicted This And Was Soundly Thrashed Here. jayfish Feb 2020 #56

But this poll is fake videohead5 Feb 2020 #70

Aggregate has him below 44% Bradical79 Feb 2020 #61

+1 sandensea Feb 2020 #76

I won't be included in any polls, because I no longer answer my phone. Midnight Writer Feb 2020 #68

Same here. How do they even get people with cell phones to answer? octoberlib Feb 2020 #72

The poll is bunk videohead5 Feb 2020 #69

538 has his poll-of-polls approval at 43.6% sandensea Feb 2020 #75

+1, Gallops polling is really old relatively speaking ... this looks like a meme push uponit7771 Feb 2020 #95

Good point. sandensea Feb 2020 #106

We need to quote his views on cutting Social Security Generic Other Feb 2020 #78

Our party desperately needs to focus on effective messaging. JudyM Feb 2020 #97

I am maintaining a brainstorming thread Generic Other Feb 2020 #107

That's great! JudyM Feb 2020 #108

people bdamomma Feb 2020 #80

I don't trust polls JustAnotherGen Feb 2020 #84

America is a lost cause. OliverQ Feb 2020 #85

It ain't over till it's over Vogon_Glory Feb 2020 #91

That number is softer than a marshmallow fluff sandwich on Wonder Bread. Aristus Feb 2020 #90

*** GALLOP POLLING IS OLD *** Recent Polling has him in the low 40s uponit7771 Feb 2020 #94

Fake news. Other polls have him much lower. Greybnk48 Feb 2020 #98

if 2016 taught us anything DonCoquixote Feb 2020 #101

Relax. Look at 538 for a more informative picture HelpImSurrounded Feb 2020 #104

Excellent link for perspective on this - Thank you! nt crickets Feb 2020 #105

Polls said Hillary was going to win too. I don't buy it this far out. NCLefty Feb 2020 #110

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