Stupid Polling Tricks: New Yorkers Hate Donald Trump But He Thinks They Adore Him

The Republican Party must be ready to gnaw off its leg after ten months of Donald Trump stinking up the place. He has engaged in bitter battles with his GOP opponents and the Republican National Committee. He has assembled the worst record on honesty of any candidate in decades (see the Trump Bullshitopedia). And he’s done this while offending virtually every voter constituency in the nation. That may account for the public’s aversion to him as evidenced in this poll from Fox News (that’s right, Fox News). But, as if that weren’t enough to produce an enduring nausea, Trump is also dumb as fence post. And he’s making the most of it.

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Trump has shown that he has no grasp of the issues that face the country. He rarely responds to a question with anything resembling coherence, much less substance. What he does say is a third grade level simplification that would shame an actual third grader. And he is not only ignorant of policy matters, he doesn’t have the vaguest idea of how the political system works. He has spent most of the last week whining about a delegate process that has been known to every candidate for years.

This weekend Trump demonstrated again how shallow his understanding of campaign matters is. He gleefully tweeted about a poll that blared the headline: “BOOM! Trump Holds 66% Favorable Rating in New York – Leads Hillary Clinton by 19 Points in Empire State.”

Anyone who reads that tweet and thinks there is anything remotely associated with reality in it should not be allowed use pointy scissors. A cursory examination reveals it to be a complete farce. The polling organization is Liberty Opinion Research, a little known conservative operation with no discernable credentials. Its president is Nick Langworthy, who is also the chairman of the Erie County Republican Committee and has endorsed Trump for president.

Digging into the internals of the poll shows that the respondents were narrowly drawn to achieve a positive result for Trump. They are an exclusive lot that is 94% white, 61% conservative, and 48% of them are 66 years or older. So what you have is a bunch of old, right-wing, white guys expressing their devotion to an old, right-wing, white guy.

Trump seems to enjoy posting links to dubious polling that falsely heralds him as the second coming. Last February he linked to a ridiculous poll that claimed that he “leads big with Latinos.” And back in December he did the same thing with a laughable survey that said that “minorities are lining up behind” him. I guess when you appeal to a dimwitted throng of cult worshipers you can say anything.

How Fox News Deceives and Controls Their Flock:
Fox Nation vs. Reality: The Fox News Cult of Ignorance.
Available now at Amazon.

For the record, Clinton is beating Trump by 21.2% in the RealClear Politics average of polls for New York. So the preferences of the people of New York are not in doubt. It isn’t even close. But Trump is dumb enough to believe that the voters in his home state adore him, when they obviously do not. And his glassy-eyed disciples will also cling to his tweet as if it were the gospel truth. It would be comical if it weren’t so pathetically sad.

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5 thoughts on “Stupid Polling Tricks: New Yorkers Hate Donald Trump But He Thinks They Adore Him

  1. so he is SO STUPID AND UNPOPULAR!!!!!!!, WHY DOES HE HAVE SUCH VOTER TURNOUT….I THINK IT IS THIS WEBSITE THAT IS SO UNKNOWLEDGEABLE THAT YOU ARE BLINDED BY YOUR OWN STUPIDITY!!!!!

    • Because many Americans are like him?

      Case in point ^

    • Because Trump is a shining example of what stupid people think a smart person sounds like.

  2. It was recently pointed out that the logical product of thirty years of education budget cuts is Donald Trump.

  3. Dear Mark NC,

    I read your “About” about corporate owned politically bias media. I’ve read your articles and it’s clear to me that your articles are liberal editorials loaded with opinions. While I agree with much of what you say, you are not reporting unbias facts. Your editorial blog is not part of the 4th Estate and your writing is not journalism. It is a counter weight to conservative editorial blogs which makes you equal not above. Please consider rewriting your “About” page to better reflect what you actually do. Right now it’s exactly like Fox News claiming to be “fair and balanced”.

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