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I wonder if this is 81% of black Americans, or "81% of black Americans who had both the time and inclination to fill out a targeted web survey/ answer a landlin
by alasdair_ 6y ago
I wonder if this is 81% of black Americans, or "81% of black Americans who had both the time and inclination to fill out a targeted web survey/ answer a landline phone call related to policing"
I know polls claim to correct for this, but if even the census, mandated by the constitution and backed by federal law and billions of dollars, can significantly under-count black and Latino Americans, I'd be curious to see how well Gallup can do.
All this said, I DO think the majority of people (regardless of their relative melanin levels) would like to see more police in their neighborhoods, with the giant caveat that it's more than simple numbers in most people's minds.
Be wary on conflating a general desire for more police with specific acceptance of current policing.
- kelnos 6y ago> 81% of black Americans who had both the time and inclination to fill out a targeted web survey/ answer a landline phone call Well, yes, that's basically how every poll works. The pollsters come up with what they think is a representative sample population, they send out surveys, some people respond, some don't.
- iso1210 6y agoAssuming it's similar polling to the UK there are all sorts of weighting and balancing to get truly representative samples within a margin of error. Where the system is weakest is in the questions asked, as explained by Yes Prime Minister https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0ZZJXw4MTA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0ZZJXw4MTA I can't see the tables gallup produced to make their claim, without those I can't see why it's of any interest.
- vidarh 6y agoNotably, saying yes to more police does not imply being happy with the police. It implies merely seeing more police as at least marginally less likely to do harm than the criminals they'd displace. That's a very low bar to clear.