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“Silent majority”. Even though there were more people supporting Trump in Wisconsin (or rather any non-left candidate), they couldn’t tell that in polls openly
by coolspot 6y ago
“Silent majority”.
Even though there were more people supporting Trump in Wisconsin (or rather any non-left candidate), they couldn’t tell that in polls openly because is goes against vocal minority.
- jeffbee 6y agoIt makes no sense that people responding to anonymous online surveys would have such reservations.
- coolspot 6y agoOnline surveys are even worse than in-person, because they are hosted on particular sites, having particular audience, leaning or biased in particular way. E.g. Poll on cnn.com and fox.com will give you opposite results. Also different age/wealth/profession groups have particular leanings on political spectrum and particular average level of computer proficiency. E.g. a farmer in Idaho would likely to vote for any Republican candidate and simultaneously less likely to participate in any online polling.
- jeffbee 6y agoAs far as I can tell, rural conservatives are Extremely Online™.