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[–] tootoughtoremember@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

National polling has Kamala up by +6 at best. Seems like 44%+ of ~~Americans~~ those polled seem comfortable and supportive of Trump. The fact it is that close at a national level, with all Haitians eating cats rhetoric, still seems insane to an outsider.

Edit: Updated to appease those saying 44%+ of those polled who say they support Trump is not an accurate reflection of Americans at-large. For reference, Trump won 46.1% of the popular vote in 2016 and 46.8% of the popular vote in 2020.

[–] GrindingGears@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Hilary was polling at roughly the same numbers as close as two weeks before that election he won back in 2016, if I remember correctly. It was looking like a clean sweep for her, and it was anything but. So don't get comfortable yet.

[–] tootoughtoremember@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Yep, almost the exact same spread in the national polls, and still lost. Absolutely no comfort for me with numbers where they are.

[–] Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago (4 children)

It's not 44 percent of Americans. It's 44 percent of the people poled. I can guarantee that number is skewed because a ton of left leaning people wouldn't bother wasting their time not getting paid to answer some pole. I know my friends and I are in that boat.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

It’s 44% of all those people polled who are registered voters.

It seems insane to us “insiders” too.

[–] TheTetrapod@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Don't pollsters account for this? There's a reason why polling still exists and is talked about, the final results do reflect reality to some degree.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The point is, anything more than negligible is fucking nuts!

Even if it's 44% of just idiot luddite conservatives, that's still 44% of idiot luddite conservatives too many!

[–] michaelmrose@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Wait until you find out that 30-40% of Americans believe god magicked the universe into being as is less than 10k years ago and fossils are from noahs flood in which he saved 2 of every animal in a boat the size of texas.

[–] undefined@links.hackliberty.org 2 points 1 month ago

“poled” 😂😅

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Most polls are performed by calling landlines. The majority of people with landlines are elderly or own businesses.

[–] KenLin@lemmy.one 1 points 1 month ago

There is no way the pollsters don't know this and account for it