Our message isn't getting out there. Is it the result of the weakening of pro-gun organizations like the NRA? https://www.foxnews.com/official-polls/fox-news-poll-voters-voice-support-gun-reform
Exactly this. The poll wording is such that (intentionally) the results can be used to push a particular agenda.I'm a 'poll taker' now. I discovered a web site that lets you gain American Airlines miles in exchange for taking surveys. A lot of it is watching trailers for movies or TV shows that aren't released yet and saying what you like or don't like about it, but political and social topic polls do come up as well.
I will say that some of the polls seem genuine in their attempt to 'take the temperature' on given topics. Others are *obviously* worded in such a way that they are hard steering you toward a certain answer. One was so bad I complained, as all the options were for the same side of the topic, just in different wordings and 'severities' and you had to pick one.
As a result, I have even less faith in polling then I did before as a rule but I have seen which companies are at least trying to be honest. That, in and of itself, has been kind of interesting.
Yes, but our elected representatives pay attention to them.Good thing the free exercise of our rights isn't subject to poll results.
Yes, but our elected representatives pay attention to them.
Do they? I would say that the trajectory of gun control vs gun rights legislation, federally and state-by-state, over the past 30 - 40 years says otherwise.Yes, but our elected representatives pay attention to them.
Yep. Doesn't matter one bug wit what the polling says. It's what the Constitution says backed up by SCOTUS.Good thing the free exercise of our rights isn't subject to poll results.
MANY... years ago.I think we lost the information war years ago. When they took it out of schools and started the campaign to demonize an inanimate object instead of the people who are the issue. Now the push to embrace the mentally ill has pretty much driven the cart over the cliff.
Not sure there is a way to turn it around as far as educating people.
I agree to a point. There were some gains during those days past, but I think that since the riots, high murder rates and mass shootings of innocent people, including children, the past few years that the pendulum is starting to swing the other way.Do they? I would say that the trajectory of gun control vs gun rights legislation, federally and state-by-state, over the past 30 - 40 years says otherwise.
I liked your whole post. I just wanted to say the above is absolutely hilarious!I know sending nudes are the thing now for dating, or so it seems, but I'd rather watch a video of you reading aloud so I know you're not an idiot. I'm going to start writing everything in cursive just to see what happens.
...and who is actually being polled.Exactly this. The poll wording is such that (intentionally) the results can be used to push a particular agenda.
That and polls aren't real math. Sample size of 1,600 gets you a 2.5% margin of error. That's because 1 divided by 40 (the square root of 1,600) is 0.025. No mention of population size......and who is actually being polled.