It's nothing but headline grabbing propaganda for the most part. We've all seen the sensationalist polls, with a stunning BOLD PRINT tag line designed to feed a particular agenda and to create a talking point for the talking heads in the media. But the devil is always in the details. As a professional pollster, I can easily tailor the questions asked and target the audience I ask them to, in a way that is most likely to give me the responses I'm hoping for, to feed the narrative I want to support.
Here's an example....
72 Percent of US Jews Disapprove of Trump's Performance
Well that sounds damning. By nearly a 3:1 margin, the Jews are unhappy with Trump. But are they?
Well..... the question that must be asked is-- which Jews? ah.... AMERICAN Jews.
Trump is tremendously popular in Israel. Those Jews, love him. But American Jews live predominantly in 4 States. New York, New Jersey, Florida, and California.... those places that almost always identify with and vote Democrat. "The Coastal Elites" is the term used for these groups and the Jewish people living in those areas are a part, not an exception.
Jewish adults predominantly identify themselves as liberal and with the Democratic Party.
So when I conduct a poll of American Jews asking about Trump's performance, it's a foregone conclusion before I begin. I can further tilt the deck by carefully selecting which specific American Jews I choose to poll.
In this particular poll, 70% were Democrat, including 46% who called themselves "strong Democrat" while only 10% of those polled were Orthodox Jews.
Funny, but when you skew the polling group 3-1 in favor of Democrats, you magically get a 3-1 disapproval of Trump.
Let's spin it. Let's poll three times as many Orthodox Jews. 65% of Orthodox Jews self-identified as Republican,
71% of Orthodox Jews say he is doing a good job, compared to fewer than 20% saying he is not.
Pure propaganda put out by those with an agenda to undermine the President.
Here's an example....
72 Percent of US Jews Disapprove of Trump's Performance
Well that sounds damning. By nearly a 3:1 margin, the Jews are unhappy with Trump. But are they?
Well..... the question that must be asked is-- which Jews? ah.... AMERICAN Jews.
Trump is tremendously popular in Israel. Those Jews, love him. But American Jews live predominantly in 4 States. New York, New Jersey, Florida, and California.... those places that almost always identify with and vote Democrat. "The Coastal Elites" is the term used for these groups and the Jewish people living in those areas are a part, not an exception.
Jewish adults predominantly identify themselves as liberal and with the Democratic Party.
So when I conduct a poll of American Jews asking about Trump's performance, it's a foregone conclusion before I begin. I can further tilt the deck by carefully selecting which specific American Jews I choose to poll.
In this particular poll, 70% were Democrat, including 46% who called themselves "strong Democrat" while only 10% of those polled were Orthodox Jews.
Funny, but when you skew the polling group 3-1 in favor of Democrats, you magically get a 3-1 disapproval of Trump.
Let's spin it. Let's poll three times as many Orthodox Jews. 65% of Orthodox Jews self-identified as Republican,
71% of Orthodox Jews say he is doing a good job, compared to fewer than 20% saying he is not.
Pure propaganda put out by those with an agenda to undermine the President.