From: jtem01@gmail.com   
      
   On 2/19/26 4:01 PM, Steven Douglas wrote:   
   >   
   > New polling shows Trump's job approval is on the rise.   
   > But before anyone criticizes the polling companies I'm   
      
   Did you not notice?   
      
   https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5733236-gallup-stops-presiden   
   ial-approval-ratings-polls/   
      
   So they STOPPED doing the Presidential Approval Rating and almost   
   instantly there were polls claiming that Trump was less popular   
   than is Joe Biden right now...   
      
   For one thing, if you know about polls, none of it matters.   
      
   #1.  Restrict respondents ONLY to likely voters.   
      
   Someone is 35 and never voted? Who cares what they think!   
      
   #2.  Resolution down no further than the congressional district.   
      
   know what's irrelevant?  Any voting margin beyond 50% +1. So   
   what we have is candidates/parties doing really HUGE in some   
   districts, and then those numbers are "Averaged Out" state wide   
   or even nationally to show something that just isn't true.   
      
   What I'm saying here is that raw numbers are useless. They   
   don't tell you what you need to know.   
      
   #3.  It's really about "The Base of Support," the core voters.   
   Do Trump voters support Trump?  Do KamelToe voters support the   
   latest jackass the EuroCrats have hand picked?   
      
   The truth is that some 30% or more of Americans are never   
   ever going to vote Republican no matter what. But, some 35%   
   never vote. Or, at least they didn't in 2024 and supposedly   
   it was the 3rd highest turn out EVER!   
      
         ...but the "Top Three" includes 2020 with the imaginary   
   81 million Biden voters, so that makes 2024 THE SECOND HIGHEST   
   TURNOUT EVER!  And, still, 35% sat on their hands.   
      
   Officially.   
      
      
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