floofloof@lemmy.ca to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 年前Nearly half of U.S. adults disapprove of Trump's handling of protests: Pollwww.axios.comexternal-linkmessage-square95linkfedilinkarrow-up1441arrow-down18
arrow-up1433arrow-down1external-linkNearly half of U.S. adults disapprove of Trump's handling of protests: Pollwww.axios.comfloofloof@lemmy.ca to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 年前message-square95linkfedilink
minus-squareOoops@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 年前To be fair here and without looking up numbers, such polls tend to often show the same pattern. Something like 45% A, 30% undecided, 25% B. So when “nearly half” disapprove it can still mean “a majority” does.
minus-squareOoops@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 年前Okay, then let me rephrase it: When “nearly half” disapprove it can (and probably does) mean that there is still no majority (or plurality) approving, which is what OP falsely concluded.
To be fair here and without looking up numbers, such polls tend to often show the same pattern. Something like 45% A, 30% undecided, 25% B.
So when “nearly half” disapprove it can still mean “a majority” does.
Not a majority. A plurality.
Okay, then let me rephrase it: When “nearly half” disapprove it can (and probably does) mean that there is still no majority (or plurality) approving, which is what OP falsely concluded.