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JICYMI from page 2 said they were “strong conservatives” said the same. As president, Donald Trump has regularly criticized
Self-described moderates were evenly split, 50-50, on the accuracy of polls, even going so far as to say that he
A significant majority of Democrats in the Hill- whether polls should be trusted. didn’t believe any 2018 ones that showed Democrats with
HarrisX survey, 60 percent, said they think opinion The GOP skepticism about public opinion surveys the upper hand ahead of the midterm elections. “I believe
polling is mostly or almost always accurate. Just 36 is part of a long-term trend on the U.S. political right. in polls – only the ones that have us up…Other than that,
percent of Republican respondents agreed. Independents Former president Richard Nixon frequently spoke of a they’re the fake news polls,” he said at a Pennsylvania
were in-between with 49 percent saying they had “silent majority” that was invisible in polls. In 2012, campaign stop in October.
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confidence in most or all surveys. many conservative commentators accused pollsters of Trump has flip-flopped on the accuracy of polls since
Ideological progressives were highly trusting of polls deliberately skewing their samples to favor then-president he became president. During his campaign to become
in the study. Sixty-seven percent of respondents who said Barack Obama during his re-election bid. A survey by the the 2016 Republican presidential nominee, he frequently
they had a “strong liberal” ideology said they believed in left-leaning Public Policy Polling found that 71 percent of touted them. Once he was elected, however, he began
most or almost all polls. Only 32 percent of voters who self-identified Republicans believed this to be the case. telling supporters not to believe them, presumably
because almost none have shown him with an approval
rating above 50 percent.
The chart is a list of polls related to Donald Trump’s
DATES POLLSTER GRADE SAMPLE WEIGHT APPROVE DISAPPROVE standings with the public that had been conducted since
• DEC. 22-24 1,500 A 0.30 mid-December 2019. Whether you agree with the results
B- 40% 52% or not, will depend on your individual beliefs in the
YouGov
• DEC. 19-23 Rasmussen Reports/Pulse C+ 1,500 LV 0.77 exactitude of the poll results as well, obviously, as your
political persuasions.
Opinion Research 48% 51%
• DEC. 20-22 1,000 A 0.16 For copies of this or previous articles by this author,
B- 41% 53%
YouGov
go to bobkronish.blogspot.com. Send comments to
• DEC. 19-22 YouGov B- 1,000 A 0.16 bobkro@hotmail.com.
40% 53%
• DEC. 19-20 1,387 R 0.27
B/C V 41% 56%
Morning Consult
DEC. 18-20 1,000 A 0.14 2020 Mah
B- 43% 51%
YouGov
DEC. 17-20 American Research 1,100 A 1.33
B 39% 57% Jongg Cards –
Group
DEC. 18-19 1,500 A 0.21
B- 39% 51%
YouGov
Last Call!!
DEC. 18-19 1,108 A 0.65
B- 42% 52%
Ipsos
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DEC. 17-19 1,000 A 0.13
B- 39% 54%
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