Politics The Joe Biden Thread

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  1. Chris Craig

    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    The sample size was unclear. There is more to the credibility than the language. That is one aspect. Can they really rectify all the different factors that need to be considered when taking such a poll and guaranteeing it is representative of the while population. Can a random poll account for political affiliation, age, sex, religion, etc etc? There are so many variables it seems the margin of error has to be larger than thought.

    It is a gallop poll so perhaps it is more reliable, but polls depending on who is taking them always contain some inherent bias.

    The question wasn't clear. It was just about approval vs disapproval. But, it could have been a question on his job on the economy or something and the result could be used to rate his approval rating across the board on all things for the purpose of this video.
     
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    Unless you are asking what is the reaction for a group of republicans / white people / hindu / identify as male etc... it does not matter. If the population you sample is the general population - we do not care what it is.

    In statistics, a SRS ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_random_sample ) makes it very easy to calculate margins of errors based on sample size (especially for binomial distributions or ones that can be converted to, and clearly an approve/disapprove is a binomial distribution) - and that's why it is often used. So, if the population is the general public, it does not matter if you randomly selected more asian lesbian Republicans or white libertarian gender fluid people.

    As I said, if they used a SRS, it does not. That's the beauty of the math behind this.

    Of course, if they pre-select the list of phone numbers to call based on some bias - it sure has an issue. I certainly have no idea if they do or do not, but one assumes that national companies that conduct polls would want to retain their reputation by not tainting the selection process unnecessarily.

    Well, I agree. Unless you know exactly what the questions were and that a properly random sample was taken - you can not be sure what the poll said. Usually when you read polls from reputable firms (and my experience is only in business settings) - they present this information. Once it is filtered via the media - who knows...
     
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  3. stampedehero

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    You and I are on the same wavelength. ~ "just the credibility of polls themselves." ~"She has mostly been in an office with it seems little to do overall as VP. It's not a surprise she would poll low. People don't know what she is doing or what she has done really.{Also Pence} {I believe Chaney was the most notable power broker of all the VP's I heard of because Bush was not power hungry }~"Again he was a safety net. A means to an end in getting Trump out. I think most people want new younger candidates to run next election".
     
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    One poll question where it's hard to get an unbiased sample:

    "Do you avoid responding to polls?"

    barfo
     
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    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Qanon follower

    Compiled his kill list from TikTok

    Acquired supplies over a period of time including guns, ammo, dark clothes, body armor and a grappling hook...

    His job as a grocer was a cover

    Says he can't be stopped and if he is released he will continue trip to DC to finish his plan out.

    Laywers going to use the insanity defense....and for good measure. This guy is obviously mentally ill.
     
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    I reported this in another thread. Ambitious not term I would use.
     
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    When you have the ability to look beyond the heinous act that he was going to commit, then yes, considering the sheer volume of people that this guy wanted to kill on his spree. Ambitious was the perfect word for this situation. IMO.
     
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    Can't describe wanting to be a murderer ambition.
     
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    Biden Trapped on Air Force One in Snowstorm; Bezos' Flashy New Year's Party.

     
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    Media Rigs Briefings To Protect Biden.

     
  13. stampedehero

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    My local district Republican Congressman is a good Joe. He distances himself away from Trump. He is a strong advocate for military benefits.
    He sees problems with the Build Back Better Reconciliation Act.
    *Bans Catholic Jewish and other faith-based schools in the proposed expanded childcare program.
    *Empowers the IRS by removing taxpayer protection requirements and hiring an additional 87,000 tax collection agents (USA Today)
    *Provides 20 Billion for a civilian climate corps.-A key part of the Green New Deal. The government would pay, house, feed and provide medical care for a band of climate activists. {We should form a group}
    *Subjects pharmaceutical companies a massive excise tax, crippling innovation and compromising the availability of life saving drugs in the US market.
    *Forces taxpayers to pay for abortion on demanding several new and expanded programs.
    *Permits taxpayer money to go to entities involved with China genocide against the Uygher Muslims.
    *Imposes largest tax increase on America since 1968 according to the tax foundation.

    Which points do you dislike?
     
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    I wish it funded abortion. Sadly, no.
     
  17. Road Ratt

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    Biden Record High Disapproval, Doubles Down On "Pandemic Of The Unvaccinated' Amid 1M Daily Cases.



    Lead America and your polls numbers go up. Be a useless piece of crap to America and your poll numbers tank. You would think this would be a simple concept to get.
     
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    Who do you like for 2024?
     
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    Grappling hook lol.
     
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    At this rate, Satan would be better than the choices we currently have.

    Seriously though. I don't see anyone in the field that I could hang my hat on. As we get closer to 2024, that may change. I doubt that my choice of candidate could ever be a republican or a democrat though.
     

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