I'm pretty sure no one here believes these polls anymore, but just in case, here's some light reading on the subject. Perhaps the bigger story here is the dishonesty of our current media. Thank God Trump is one of the few politicians willing to call them out.
REVEALED: How Approval Polls and ‘Junk’ Journalism are Fake Views Pushed by Fake News
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by RAHEEM KASSAM17 Jul 20172,955
Polls are deployed only when they might prove useful — that is, helpful to the powers that be in their question to maintain their position and influence.
— Christopher Hitchens, Harper’s Magazine, 1992
The latest rod by which to beat the President of the United States is a Washington Post/ABC News poll showing Mr. Trump’s approval ratings languishing at 36 per cent.
Americans across the board appear, on first take, to be well out of love with the new President. But the “small print” on the polls reveals something quite disturbing about the methodology of the group responsible.
The poll was performed by AbtAssociates — a swamp dweller-staffed research and policy shop in Cambridge, MA.
AbtAssociates board members include former Bob Dole, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, Planned Parenthood, World Bank, and Deloitte staffers. In other words, it is a microcosm of the party of Davos.
But that in itself doesn’t rule AbtAssociates out from doing decent work. What might, however, is the underlying philosophy behind political polling, and the methodology they use to conduct it.
REVEALED: How Approval Polls and 'Junk' Journalism are Fake Views Pushed by Fake News
REVEALED: How Approval Polls are Fake Views Pushed by Fake News
Discussion in 'Political Debate & Discussion' started by Calminian, Jul 17, 2017.
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church mouse guy Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
Trump is popular with the common man, and the Democrats stopped polling the common man a long time ago. It is possible that Trump will pick up more seats in 2018 because no one, not even Democrats, knows what the Democrat Party stands for anymore--it seems to be a far left, socialistic nightmare.
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church mouse guy Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
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Conviction of an impeachment takes 2/3 of the Senate - would be very unlikely
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HankD -
church mouse guy Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
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Don't believe the polls - they haven't been right about Trump for over 2 years. So why now?
RIGGED!
HankD