(11-23-2024, 04:06 PM)mikesez Wrote:

(11-23-2024, 03:41 PM)Jag149 Wrote: Thanks for the link. I prefer thinking of the population in terms of just people. I understand you may not.  I also, try to use more politically neutral polls when available.. Nice info, but I wouldn't die on this hill or try to draw too many conclusions. After all unless you are working a campaign strategy AND have verified their process I do not see the use. 

NOTE: This is a political left leaning one. Fairly accurate but then so was the Iowa lady.  I do read Politico articles (their partner) but others as well.

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These media sources have a slight to moderate liberal bias.  They often publish factual information that utilizes loaded words (wording that attempts to influence an audience by appeals to emotion or stereotypes) to favor liberal causes.  These sources are generally trustworthy for information but may require further investigation.

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/morning-consult/

I didn't seek this info.  It popped up in another thread I was reading.

Biden ran on, in part, "Trump messed up the economy".  His voters had below average consumer sentiment the whole time Trump was in office.  Not just with Covid. When Biden won, the sentiment of his voters went up, slowly, while the sentiment of Republican voters crashed suddenly.

Now the reverse is playing out, but both changes are sudden.

Is this real? Do some people suddenly change their reported party affiliation after their party loses?  They just want to affiliate with the winner?

That seems unlikely, but at least such people seem likely to be loyal and happy.  

Or do people change their feelings about the economy based on an election outcome? That seems more likely.  And isn't that sad? It would indicate, that no matter what Biden did, Republicans would continue to say, "the Biden economy sucks." And now, no matter what Trump says, Democrats (at least the ones who want to win Democrat primaries) will say "the Trump economy sucks".

Yes, that, obviously.  The answers to the poll are driven by partisanship.  And the partisan media, feeding the partisanship to their viewers.  

The graph shows that people flip their view of the economy based on whether their party is in power.  I think it shows how easily led people are.  My guess is that now that Trump is in power, the conservative media will say the economy is great, and the liberal media will say the economy is bad.  The partisan media will flip their view of the economy, and their viewers will follow along, like sheep.

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