• skulblaka@sh.itjust.works
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    16 hours ago

    I have no idea why people are just taking those numbers at face value.

    Any Americans in this thread, have any of you ever been polled about anything regarding any of this? I know I sure haven’t. I wish they would poll me, I got an awful lot of opinions for these mfers.

    Trump and his associated hangers-on have a long and storied history of pulling numbers directly out of their asses. It perplexes me that anyone takes anything the government says right now at face value.

    • Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world
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      10 hours ago

      Deep south checking in. His approval rating locally is probably above 90%, because the vast majority of people here are hateful, spiteful, self-defeating morons.

      When you see national averages, remember things like Alabama’s healthcare, or Oklahoma’s education system, etc are there dragging everyone else down.

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      14 hours ago

      No, it’s third party, independent polling firms that do it. Of course I wouldn’t trust anything this regime says directly.