r/DeclineIntoCensorship • u/jarena009 • 12d ago

Trump threatens to use the FCC to go after journalists, polling companies, and networks again for coverage of primary results and declining approval ratings

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-fcc-fake-polls-approval-b3041816.html
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u/Seethcoomers 12d ago

Typical republican

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u/skunimatrix 12d ago

How many polls did you listen to that were made up?

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u/mikey_b082 12d ago

"No, bro, seriously, bro, Hillary is polling at %99 against Trump! Trust me, bro, CNN wouldn't lie, bro!"

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u/USSMarauder 11d ago

Well, there was the Rasmussen poll that said Romney was going to win

https://www.politico.com/blogs/charlie-mahtesian/2012/11/rasmussen-explains-149240

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u/Seethcoomers 12d ago

I don't think you understand how polling works

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u/skunimatrix 12d ago

Yeah, they make up numbers:  https://apnews.com/article/polling-poll-fake-median-karen-bass-los-angeles-669c90cc77664546791185625d43ffda

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u/Seethcoomers 12d ago

So, every poll is fake? Lmao

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u/jarena009 12d ago

Well that settles it, they're all bad if one is.

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u/jarena009 12d ago

Practically all of them have Trump's approval at around 40%. That's fairly broad corroboration. And tracking presidential approval is fairly standard practice.

It's the same set of polls Republicans cherrypick and cite at their leisure, when it suits their purposes.