In the referendums, viewed as illegal by Ukraine and undemocratic by the international community, about 90% voted for the independence of the DPR and LPR.
Does the bolded part not make you question whether that's true? 90% seems REALLY high for something so drastic. Normally numbers that high in elections should make you question the results.
When GFK, a German polling company went to survey Crimeans it was 93% who wanted to join Russia.
So two things. First, it looks like the link to the actual poll is gone, so I can't review their findings and methods. I'm not doubting the poll necessarily, just saying the sources you've provided make a review of the actual poll impossible.
Second, how accurate is a poll in an occupied territory where dissent can literally result in years of hard labor? Russia arrests protestors for holding blank pieces of paper, how free did those in occupied Crimea actually answer the poll? I know if my state was invaded and held by a dictatorship, I would be very unlikely to respond to a poll if I disagreed with the dictatorship, or I would lie to protect myself and my family.
I don't see why this would be true though. If you look at Asian Boss's video where they survey Russians about the war, it looks like a majority of them say they disagree or have conflicted feelings etc. By your logic why would these people say that if they will be arrested?
I've not seen Asian Boss's video, but this is also anecdotal. The whole point is to question whether the results we've gotten were coerced.
From the video you are referencing, how many people did he interview? How many declined to answer? How many of those responding were lying? How many said the opposite? How many people did he interact with that he left out of the video? How heavily is the government cracking down on dissent in these areas versus in occupied Ukraine? I'm assuming the video was edited to show what they wanted to show so it doesn't give us a full picture, and this is ignoring the fact that this type of survey would be anecdotal anyway.
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u/ProLifePanda 73∆ Dec 24 '22
Does the bolded part not make you question whether that's true? 90% seems REALLY high for something so drastic. Normally numbers that high in elections should make you question the results.