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It seems that people like being in crisis, rather than having stability. (lemmy.world)
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[-] [email protected] 20 points 5 months ago

This is a good example of a poorly worded poll question, assuming that the respondents were actually asked "the United States is in a Constitutional crisis". Different people can answer that question "yes" with wildly different mental states. For example:

  • Someone who views Trump's actions as unconstitutional and sees a need for congress/the courts to reign him in could say, "yes" as they see this as a Constitutional crisis.
  • A full blown MAGA believer could see Congress's and the Court's attempts to stop Trump as unconstitutional and prompting a Constitutional crisis.

Without followup questions, all this poll question would tell us is that a bunch of people see "Constitutional crisis" as a fitting description for the current state of the US government.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

Thank you!

For anyone who listened to anything coming out of the right wing media, they have been screaming constitutional crisis since the first of trump's trials.

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