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Trump slides further in the Polls

fmw said:
Excellent. That means they are doing the right things. Sadly what poll respondents value is their own agenda, not the common good.
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Keep thinking that all the way to Trump's loss in 2020.
 
fmw said:
Excellent. That means they are doing the right things. Sadly what poll respondents value is their own agenda, not the common good.
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Are you saying the lower a politician's approval rating is, the better they are doing at their job?
 
Skeptic Bob said:
Are you saying the lower a politician's approval rating is, the better they are doing at their job?
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I won't say that, BUT....


A sign of a great manager is if neither his subordinates, nor his superiors, love him.
 
fmw said:
Excellent. That means they are doing the right things. Sadly what poll respondents value is their own agenda, not the common good.
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Does the same logic apply to elections? An election is a poll. Is a person holding elective office by definition the wrong person for the job?
 
kitsune said:
Does the same logic apply to elections? An election is a poll. Is a person holding elective office by definition the wrong person for the job?
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Elections don't increase or decline. So, no, the same logic does not apply to elections because they aren't polls.
 
Skeptic Bob said:
Are you saying the lower a politician's approval rating is, the better they are doing at their job?
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In this case, yes. I don't necessarily offer it up as a universal constant.
 
kitsune said:
Does the same logic apply to elections? An election is a poll. Is a person holding elective office by definition the wrong person for the job?
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eeewwwww ... suh-mack
 
fmw said:
Elections don't increase or decline. So, no, the same logic does not apply to elections because they aren't polls.
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"Polls are not elections because polls are more frequent"

Thank you, Captain Obvious.
 
kitsune said:
Does the same logic apply to elections? An election is a poll. Is a person holding elective office by definition the wrong person for the job?
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Given who we have in the White House and in Congress, you just might be on to something there.
 
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