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  • I think the issue here is you are reading

    Looks like it’s a YouGov survey, and the article cites a second YouGov survey as corroboration, so I’m not sure how scientifically rigorous this is.

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    Looks like it’s a <any firm> survey, and the article cites a second <the same firm> survey as corroboration, so I’m not sure how scientifically rigorous this is.

    My issue is with it being YouGov specifically, not that both were from the same source. Then I looked at the PDFs themselves to confirm they were opt-in web surveys before adding my edit.

    Personally I do think he’s guilty and would love it if 71% think he was at least complicit.

    Not really interested in taking this further though. Enjoy your day.


  • Calling looking at the methodology and questioning its voracity “science denial” is wild.

    YouGov is self selecting. I’m sure they do true random polling in some capacity too, but both linked studies said they were web surveys of YouGov users selected bases on their profile demographics to be a representative group.

    My issue is that by the pool only being YouGov users, just balancing on ideology is not the same as random sampling.

    Not claiming to be a data scientist here, just reading the study and applying some healthy skepticism.

    If I’m wrong and the methods are sound then great, I would be happy to believe that that many Americans actually believe that.


  • A stunning new poll shows a whopping 71 percent of Americans say President Donald Trump knew about former pal and currently deceased Jeffrey Epstein’s sex crimes against underage girls — and a wide plurality say he was “involved in” those crimes.

    So that’s 71% that said he broke the law and contributed in some way to the abuse whether by direct action or by not reporting what he knew.

    That’s actually really high. It would be tough to get 71% of Americans to agree on what day of the week it is.

    Edit: Looks like it’s a YouGov survey, and the article cites a second YouGov survey as corroboration, so I’m not sure how scientifically rigorous this is.