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Wait… 3 percent of Democrats support Trump? There’s a 3.5% margin of error, but still.
The headline margin of error only applies at the centre (50%), and decreases towards the extremes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margin_of_error#Specific_margins_of_error
Wikipedia says that for a poll with 1013 participants and the same headline margin of error, a 2% result would be ±0.8%.
It's more likely that this is the crowd who deliberately gives the most absurd answer possible.