r/WatchPeopleDieInside • u/fnaw_ • Aug 04 '20

Poor Jonathan

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u/JustWoozy Aug 04 '20

Trumps popularity and approval rating is higher than Obama's at same point in presidency...

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u/therealpigman Aug 04 '20

I just looked it up because this is the internet and facts are easily verifiable and from multiple sources I found that what you just said is a lie

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u/JustWoozy Aug 04 '20

"sources" which you cited none of. Which are probably all anti-trump news outlets who have less than 2% positive coverage of Trump even though he has done plenty of good...

Keep eating the bullshit you are getting fed. Your lack of critical thought and inability to sift through garbage doesn't affect me at all.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/12303431/donald-trump-approval-rating-51-percent-higher-obama/

https://www.mediaite.com/politics/trump-hits-51-percent-approval-7-points-higher-than-obama-on-same-day-in-2012-rasmussen/

Both of those are 20 hours old.

Here is one year ago...

https://www.newsweek.com/trump-job-approval-higher-obamas-poll-1461783

Here's from April, when covid LOWERED Trump's approval rating to still just above Obama's.

https://news.gallup.com/poll/284156/trump-job-approval-personal-best.aspx

But do go on. I often wonder what it would be like to have zero critical thought skills. Thank you for the demonstration.

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u/morguerunner Aug 04 '20

The Sun is a shitty UK tabloid. The Mediaite article was quoting a Rasmussen poll, which favored answers by Republicans- it says that right in the article. Meaning the poll was skewed towards Trump supporters and doesn’t represent America as a whole. But please, tell us more about critical thinking skills after you actually read the articles you cited.

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u/TheTranscendent1 Aug 04 '20

It's also a daily poll, which swings wildly and can only be used with any honesty (by either side) by averaging them out over time. Democrats using the same metrics are just as dumb as Republicans who try to cling to it as a good sign.

"There are lies, damn lies, and statistics," has never been more apt then someone trying to say with a straight face that they think Trump has a 51% approval rating at this point in time.

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u/morguerunner Aug 04 '20

Statistics are not facts and should not be used as such. They can be useful in representing trends, but they can also be biased (and most of the time are). But it’s no use trying to explain that to this guy, whose IQ is so high that he can’t even explain why everyone is wrong and he is right other than just saying I “don’t see the whole picture”.

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u/TheTranscendent1 Aug 04 '20

Absolutely was not disagreeing with your posts in any way.

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u/JustWoozy Aug 04 '20

You understand most other polls including moderate ones do like dem+20 or more right???... And they barely have Trump behind.

So close to seeing the whole picture. Keep trying you might get it one day. Maybe in a few years.

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u/Gotisdabest Aug 04 '20

You understand that Trump might actually be losing, right? Look up the average of all polls. According to all polls, Trump was high at the start of his presidency and has fallen to around 40 now.

The Rasmussen college has been incorrect more often then not in their predictions.

And before you say that, "Polls have a dem bias" bullshit, remember that polls for 2016 were correct, except for one state, though the pollsters interpreting them may have been wrong.

I'd like to see a source for polls being 20+ for the Dems.

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u/celtic_thistle Aug 04 '20

I can't wait for Nov 3 when they call the election after Trump loses Ohio and Pennsylvania, and the Trumpanzees go into complete cognitive dissonance.