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In reply to the discussion: Donald Trump Demands Investigations Into Negative Approval Rating Polls [View all]Wiz Imp
(5,696 posts)45. And of course, Trump is lying here as well.
"The New York Times has only 37% Trump 2024 voters, and the ABC/Washington Post Poll has only 34% Trump Voters, unheard of numbers unless looking for a negative result, which they are."
In the NYT/Siena poll, 16% of their sample said they didn't vote in 2024 which seems very high (It would not surprise me if a significant percentage of these people actually voted for Trump but are too embarrassed to admit it now). But amongst those that did, 38% voted for Trump and 38% Harris. When they removed the "did not vote" people, it was 46% to 46%. 6% said they didn't know or refused to answer. I'm willing to bet that the vast majority of those are Trump voters too embarrassed to admit it at this point. Ultimately, the sample was, at worst, 50-50 between Trump and Harris which is what you should expect and in no way a sample that is biased against Trump.
The WaPo/ABC poll was similar. For some reason, they showed an even larger group of people who did not vote in 2024. Again, I would have to guess that there are significant numbers of Trump voters embarrassed by their Trump vote at this point so they lied and said they didn't vote. The breakdown in this poll was:
Voted - Harris = 848 / Voted - Trump = 842 / Did not vote = 729
So again, 50-50 between Trump and Harris which would not in any way be biased against Trump.
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Donald Trump Demands Investigations Into Negative Approval Rating Polls [View all]
Mr. Sparkle
Apr 28
OP
"We all love you, O yes we do. To you we'll be true." - No Honorable American Ever
BoRaGard
Apr 28
#1
'Donald Trump Is the Kindest, Bravest, Warmest, Most Wonderful Human Being I've Ever Known in My Life'
DBoon
Apr 28
#44
He is surrounded by yes men and women who tell him things like the SCOTUS voted 9 - 0 in HIS favour
LiberalLovinLug
Apr 28
#57
" loose a lot of credibility????" Loose? This is as stoopid as people who spell it "fucken."
AZLD4Candidate
Apr 28
#5
You are right. Thanks. I did not catch that the stable genius used it. . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Apr 28
#36
Of course he did this, but unless he's running for an unconstitutional 3rd term, how is it election interference?
Eugene
Apr 28
#15
It doesn't have to make sense, as long as MAGA gets the message he's the victim of lies and radical left conspiracy
Martin Eden
Apr 29
#103
Trump just draws more attention to his negative polls, and it makes him look weak and petty. Stupid!
Martin68
Apr 28
#25
Besides being a delusional, demented, old man, his staff is feeding him positive news.
Fla Dem
Apr 28
#26
Maddow Blog-As his approval rating sinks, Trump wants investigations into pollsters
LetMyPeopleVote
Apr 28
#48
Yes, please focus on this Trump and stop deporting children with cancer and destroying programs
33taw
Apr 28
#50
...Fucking really? This shitshow of an administration needs to fucking collapse NOW.
Karasu
Apr 28
#74
This is what he has done all his life---blame others for his own incompetence. That is why he has umpteen failed
Doodley
Apr 28
#81
THEY ARE SICK AND ARE TRULY THE ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE!-Sounds like a personal problem.
58Sunliner
Apr 28
#88