• EvilBit@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I definitely got a poll a few years ago from a GOP senate candidate that was a bunch of questions like “How TERRIBLE has Joe Biden’s economic policy been???”

    It was literally damn near impossible to select responses that actually conveyed any reasonable favor toward a Democrat policy or action. Now granted, this wasn’t a national pre-election poll that any reasonable aggregator would include, but it’s still a reminder that statistics can be whatever you want.

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      2 months ago

      That’s just a “push poll”. They’re only used for marketing/propaganda and fund raising. I doubt they even look at the responses.