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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago (3 children)

it's 30% if you only read the title, at the end of the article it says:

Two other polls released this week show President Joe Biden and Trump competitive in a 2024 matchup, with Biden edging Trump by just a point in surveys from Marist and Quinnipiac.

unless you check how they conducted the poll, you don't know if either one is correct.

was it made in an university campus or at the exit of an NRA convention? those will give you wildly different results.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The two claims are not in conflict. Election polls account for propensity to vote.

The 36% will turn out to vote. It will be an uphill struggle for the Dems to get turnout high enough to defeat them.

But the non-fash media will smugly proclaim him defeated anyway, helping to depress turnout enough that he wins. Again.

Dangerous times.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

For anyone wondering here are the two polls:

https://maristpoll.marist.edu/polls/trumps-indictments-2024/

Data for it: https://maristpoll.marist.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Marist-Poll_USA-NOS-and-Tables_202308151349.pdf

"This survey of 1,220 adults was conducted August 11th through August 14th, 2023 by the Marist Poll. Adults 18 years of age and older residing in the United States were contacted through a multi-mode design: By phone using live interviewers, by text, or online"

https://poll.qu.edu/images/polling/us/us08162023_usos65.pdf

"Surveys adhere to industry best practices and are based on random samples of adults using random digit dialing with live interviewers calling landlines and cell phones."