Majority of American Voters Shrug at Trump Indictment. 53 Percent Want Him Pardoned If Convicted
Majority of American Voters Shrug at Trump Indictment. 53 Percent Want Him Pardoned If Convicted
Even though most voters say that the case against the former president is “strong,” they don’t want to see him serving jail time
Even though most voters say that the case against the former president is “strong,” they don’t want to see him serving jail time
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“This survey was conducted online within the United States from June 14-15, 2023 among 2,090 registered voters by The Harris Poll and HarrisX. Results were weighted for age within gender, region, race/ethnicity, marital status, household size, income, employment, education, political party, and political ideology where necessary to align them with their actual proportions in the population. Propensity score weighting was also used to adjust for respondents’ propensity to be online. The poll was supervised by pollsters: Mark Penn (Chairman, The Harris Poll) Dritan Nesho (CEO, HarrisX) Stephen Ansolabehere (Professor and CAPS Director Emeritus, Harvard University)”
2000 something sample size is pretty small, and the weighted and propensity score is “intriguing”.
As much as a foundational understanding of statistics would go a long way towards making the average citizen substantially better-informed, stuff like this sometimes makes my shoulders sag in despair. Even if you know the basics, the corrections, weighting, and methodologies used to try and tease the/a 'truth' out of a sample are often so arcane that it feels as though you know nothing at all, and are right back to square zero: do I trust these results at all, or no?
What a mess. I really don't want to believe that a slim majority of Americans want us to go the Nixon route, but it's hard to tell where my suspicion of the methods used begins to blend into bias...
Harris polls are supposed to be very reputable. But considering this guy couldn't even win the popular vote, how the hell do more than half of people want him pardoned?