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https://nypost.com/2022/08/26/2020-election-outcome-would-differ-with-hunter-biden-laptop-coverage-poll/ https://nypost.com/2022/08/26/2020-election-outcome-wou

https://nypost.com/2022/08/26/2020-election-outcome-would-differ-with-hunter-biden-laptop-coverage-poll/ https://nypost.com/2022/08/26/2020-election-outcome-would-di... A very quick search led me to that.

shagie 4y ago
> Nearly four of five Americans who’ve been following the Hunter Biden laptop scandal believe that “truthful” coverage would have changed the outcome of the 2020 presidential election, according to a new poll. > A similar percentage also said they’re convinced that information on the computer is real, with just 11% saying they thought it was “created by Russia,” according to the survey conducted by the New Jersey-based Technometrica Institute of Policy and Politics. So, if you were following the (as described) scandal, you the majority believes that "truthful" coverage would have changed things. The same percentage believes that the computer is real. So... the people who believe that there is something to the scandal also believe that if there was "truthful" coverage of the scandal, things would have been different. I'm not sure that this is as convincing of a statistic as the numbers by themselves would lead one to believe.
- newZWhoDis 4y ago
  “The same percentage believe the computer is real” It is real, even the most stanch Biden partisans have admitted that
calgarymicro 4y ago
Oooh, this garbage poll. Will just copy/paste what I found out about it months ago. >I will say that it's very odd that the polling firm apparently decided to republish a story from The Epoch Times of all outlets to analyze their poll. I generally don't think of TIPP as being overly biased, but uncritically regurgitating The Epoch Times is a bit much for me. >Edit: Never mind. Went to the home page of their site and found Fox News on steroids, wow. I guess I'll only look at the IBD/TIPP polls from now on. >Edit 2: It was an online poll, conducted among people 'following' the story? Gee, I'm shocked. >Edit 3: I dug up the original poll (which you can only get by subscribing to their spammy newsletter) and it looks like they polled 1335 people and threw out everyone but the 437 people who said they were following the story. Literally, after the 'how closely are you following it' question, there's no data for the other 898 people. Needless to say, the headline '79%' figure is in no way representative of the general population, and appears to consist of people who already viewed the laptop as a dealbreaker. Also, just a weird thing I noticed, the races listed in crosstabs [0] are white and Hispanic, there are no black or Asian people listed at all. [0] https://imgur.com/a/wlI68GT https://imgur.com/a/wlI68GT
lapcat 4y ago
LOL. NY Post claims NY Post story was important. This is laughable. "Nearly four of five Americans who’ve been following the Hunter Biden laptop scandal believe that “truthful” coverage would have changed the outcome of the 2020 presidential election, according to a new poll." "And an even higher number — 81% — said US Attorney General Merrick Garland should appoint a special counsel to investigate matters related to the first son’s infamous laptop, the existence of which was exclusively revealed by The Post in October 2020." Needless to say, this poll is not representative in any way. Junk.

shagie 4y ago

> Nearly four of five Americans who’ve been following the Hunter Biden laptop scandal believe that “truthful” coverage would have changed the outcome of the 2020 presidential election, according to a new poll. > A similar percentage also said they’re convinced that information on the computer is real, with just 11% saying they thought it was “created by Russia,” according to the survey conducted by the New Jersey-based Technometrica Institute of Policy and Politics. So, if you were following the (as described) scandal, you the majority believes that "truthful" coverage would have changed things. The same percentage believes that the computer is real. So... the people who believe that there is something to the scandal also believe that if there was "truthful" coverage of the scandal, things would have been different. I'm not sure that this is as convincing of a statistic as the numbers by themselves would lead one to believe.

newZWhoDis 4y ago
“The same percentage believe the computer is real” It is real, even the most stanch Biden partisans have admitted that

calgarymicro 4y ago

Oooh, this garbage poll. Will just copy/paste what I found out about it months ago. >I will say that it's very odd that the polling firm apparently decided to republish a story from The Epoch Times of all outlets to analyze their poll. I generally don't think of TIPP as being overly biased, but uncritically regurgitating The Epoch Times is a bit much for me. >Edit: Never mind. Went to the home page of their site and found Fox News on steroids, wow. I guess I'll only look at the IBD/TIPP polls from now on. >Edit 2: It was an online poll, conducted among people 'following' the story? Gee, I'm shocked. >Edit 3: I dug up the original poll (which you can only get by subscribing to their spammy newsletter) and it looks like they polled 1335 people and threw out everyone but the 437 people who said they were following the story. Literally, after the 'how closely are you following it' question, there's no data for the other 898 people. Needless to say, the headline '79%' figure is in no way representative of the general population, and appears to consist of people who already viewed the laptop as a dealbreaker. Also, just a weird thing I noticed, the races listed in crosstabs [0] are white and Hispanic, there are no black or Asian people listed at all. [0] https://imgur.com/a/wlI68GT https://imgur.com/a/wlI68GT

lapcat 4y ago

LOL. NY Post claims NY Post story was important. This is laughable. "Nearly four of five Americans who’ve been following the Hunter Biden laptop scandal believe that “truthful” coverage would have changed the outcome of the 2020 presidential election, according to a new poll." "And an even higher number — 81% — said US Attorney General Merrick Garland should appoint a special counsel to investigate matters related to the first son’s infamous laptop, the existence of which was exclusively revealed by The Post in October 2020." Needless to say, this poll is not representative in any way. Junk.