> I can only infer based on things like sentiment analysis and reading volumes of comments, reports (news and otherwise) and of course, polls. > of which anecd

> I can only infer based on things like sentiment analysis and reading volumes of comments, reports (news and otherwise) and of course, polls. > of which anecdotal evidence is not a factor. Comments are absolutely anecdotal. Luigi was extremely popular with the typical politically active Reddit base. Additionally, the people that don’t support him aren’t going to come out and say “well I’m against murder”. So you end up with huge echo chambers that vastly overstate the support because it’s 2% of the people cheering each other on.