In other words, you don't care about how they arrived at "Facts" that correlate with your opinions, you just care that they arrived at them.
Do you actually believe their methodology (not the questions they ask, but the actual methodology they use to conduct the polls) is flawed, or do you just not want to accept the results of their poll?
That's much more believable, thanks. And I agree... there have been a few stories surfacing about people who voted for Trump and are now finding out that they are getting impacted by his latest orders. There was one where a whole group of Government employees were shocked that Trump would do that do them, after they voted for him. It will be very interesting to see how it plays out.
These days I would highly question ANY poll methodology, because they are such a very small sample size, and have been less and less accurate. The initial polling company you quoted uses an automated voice system for their polling... and that is very problematic, because more and more people who get those calls just hang up... greatly skewing the demographic of those that are taking them.
Local GM plant just announced that it's killing 600 jobs and relocating them to Mexico. http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/gm-unifor-ingersoll-1.3955128 It's not hard to see how Trump's message can resonate with some people.
Just perusing that second link you provided, which seems more reliable; Conspiracy Theories – Vaccines have been shown to cause autism. Definitely true Democrat 5%, Republican 8% Conspiracy Theories – The U.S. government helped plan the attacks of 9/11. Definitely true Democrat 9%, Republican 5% Conspiracy Theories – Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction before the invasion of Iraq in 2003 that the U.S. never found. Definitely true Democrat 10%, Republican 17% Conspiracy Theories – The financial crash of 2008 was secretly orchestrated by a handful of Wall Street bankers. Definitely true Democrat 14%, Republican 11% Conspiracy Theories – President Obama was born in Kenya. Definitely true Democrat 7%, Republican 17% Conspiracy Theories – Russia hacked the email of Democrats in order to increase the chance that Donald Trump would win the Presidential election. Definitely true Democrat 37%, Republican 4% Conspiracy Theories – Leaked email from some of Hillary Clinton’s campaign staffers contained code words for pedophilia, human trafficking and satanic ritual abuse - what some people refer to as ’Pizzagate’ Definitely true Democrat 5%, Republican 9% Conspiracy Theories – Millions of illegal votes were cast in the election Definitely true Democrat 9%, Republican 11% Conspiracy Theories – Russia tampered with vote tallies in order to get Donald Trump elected President. Definitely true Democrat 17%, Republican 5% Do you still want to stand by your claim that it's only one side that does not understand reality and buys into conspiracy theories?
I'm looking at the presidential vote, which is interesting in that it shows a greater divide than the party affiliation data does. Additionally, you have to include "probably" true to get the real sense of how popular a given idea is. I never said believing in falsehoods was something unique to Trump voters, but it is quite clearly a bigger problem for them, and has become big enough to swing elections.
I mean, in the same way that the kid who promises pizza every day for lunch can resonate in an election for class president. I'm also not sure how legitimate griping that an American car company is moving their jobs from one non-US NAFTA country to another is. Those jobs likely never would have been in Ontario to begin with without NAFTA.
Honest question: was it built with the expectation of CUSFTA passing or did the economics make sense even before that? edit: did some googling, found this interesting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada–United_States_Automotive_Products_Agreement
January 11th: "Repeal and Replace" Today: "We have no Replace" http://nymag.com/daily/intelligence...s-there-will-be-no-obamacare-replacement.html
The chickens are coming home to roost on this. Imagine the backlash if millions lose insurance, no effective price controls are implemented, and the republicans have to face voter wrath in 2018? Very foreboding stuff if the economy also takes a shit as it is bound to do. I can see why they are wary in closed door meetings.
Hardly surprising. Obamacare has been law for what, 7 years now? If they were serious about replacing it, they would have had a fully polished and ready to go replacement years ago. It'd be the most vetted proposed law in US history by this point, rather than something they're trying to slap together at the last minute.
That's the really frustrating and mind-boggling part to me... they've had 8 years to put together something, but they haven't. Now is their time to shine, and there are crickets. They have been so focused on vilifying and denouncing Obamacare they never prepared for a time when they'd actually get a chance to do something about it. That, in and of itself, speaks volumes.
I'm not kidding when I say I'd love an opportunity to vote against the Democrats, but the Republicans are more cartoon villain than political party at this point.
They just absolutely give not so much as a shit about this country or the people. They would rather have the petty fulfillment of "winning" at whatever cost. Just to say they won. When people start dying because they can't get care for anything anymore, I'd like to see the mental gymnastics they play to justify repealing it. They are the party of "fuck you" unless it happens to me. Then it's the democrats fault.
Funny. I feel the same way about the Democrats. You know what would be awesome? If everyone quit playing politics and blaming the other side for everything and did what was best for this country. Both sides. Instead of doing that, everyone is concerned about identity politics and throwing shade at the other side. The right is trying to force pro life down everyone's throat instead of letting people accept personal responsibility and make their own choice. The left is concerned about who is allowed in which bathroom and who a private business will or will not bake a cake for. Meanwhile people are homeless, jobless, and killing each other at rising rates. Both sides need to pull their heads out of their collective asses and worry about the whole country, not just their side of the political spectrum.
Well...the right would quit trying to abolish/limit Roe v. Wade. It's been law for 40+ years....let it go unless you personally want to take care of every unwanted child born in this country. And maybe the right should listen to some of the concerns the left has about refugees and human rights. The left...they should stop trying to force their agenda of making new laws, bigger government to legislate their idea of morality, and free everything down everyone's throat. I think both sides have what they think are good intentions and somewhere along the line the good intentions got bastardized into "Fuck you! I'm right! You're wrong! Go to hell!" Admittedly, I lean more towards the right, but I am not a Republican. I can think for myself , I don't need a political party to tell me what I think or believe in. The left has some positions I can agree with, the right tends to have more I agree with. Maybe if more people looked at what the other side is saying instead of digging in their heels like it's some sort of life/death battle between good and evil with everything their party stands for as good and the other side evil we'd get a bit more accomplished working towards a common goal of improving the country.
I made this point many many pages ago, but there are a whole host of very important issues that I think the left wing solution for is either inadequate or sub-optimal, and I'd love to see a vigorous debate on, but when I look to the right they don't even acknowledge the issue exists. Things like climate, energy, automation, etc, I'm not seeing anything from the right wing except that which lines some donor pockets.
Well, I'm not sweating it yet because the adults are showing up with ideas: https://www.paul.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/ObamacareReplacementActSections.pdf