From: user6340@newsgrouper.org.invalid   
      
   JTEM  posted:   
   > 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-presid   
   ntial-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.   
      
   Insider Advantage and Rasmussen (two of the most   
   accurate polling companies in the country) primarily   
   use likely voters in their polling, while the biased   
   Morning Consult (which leans left) primarily use   
   registered voters for their polling.   
   >   
   > 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.   
      
   That's why Insider Advantage and Rasmussen are so   
   accurate, despite the LIES of the leftist LIARS   
   who make the false claim that those pollsters have   
   a conservative bias.   
      
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