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Originally Posted by David Sklansky
I believe that another part of that poll said that Trump would win the popular vote against Clinton if the vote was held today. They had him winning 43-40. I don't know if anyone has pointed it out already but the conclusion is obviously wrong. The numbers give it away. Trump's number coincides with the quote above. But in the case of Clinton it is clear that many of those who didn't like her but hated Trump felt inclined to answer the question without worrying that declining to choose Clinton could make Trump president. In other words everyone knows that much of that other 17% would switch back to Clinton in a real election, and therefore should realize that the results of the paper's poll was spurious.
Alarm bells were definitely going off in my head as I read that conclusion. No issue with Trump supporters holding firm, but a lot of lukewarm Clinton supporters are clearly distancing themselves from the loser and bull****ting in their responses. And I don't see any accounting for non-voters who might alter the outcome in retrospect either, given the prevailing idea that it was a near lock for Clinton and there was nothing to worry about. I wonder what the Bernie supporters' answers looked like.
I remember a couple of articles a few years back regarding polls demonstrating support for the war in Iraq. At the time public support polled at something like 70 percent, but 10 years later you could only get about half of them to admit it. So, whatever I guess.
Last edited by Minirra; 04-24-2017 at 07:35 PM.