floofloof@lemmy.ca to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoNearly half of U.S. adults disapprove of Trump's handling of protests: Pollwww.axios.comexternal-linkmessage-square106fedilinkarrow-up1441arrow-down18
arrow-up1433arrow-down1external-linkNearly half of U.S. adults disapprove of Trump's handling of protests: Pollwww.axios.comfloofloof@lemmy.ca to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square106fedilink
minus-squareOoops@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoTo be fair here and without looking up numbers, such polls tend to often show the same pattern. Something like 45% A, 30% undecided, 25% B. So when “nearly half” disapprove it can still mean “a majority” does.
minus-squareOoops@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoOkay, then let me rephrase it: When “nearly half” disapprove it can (and probably does) mean that there is still no majority (or plurality) approving, which is what OP falsely concluded.
To be fair here and without looking up numbers, such polls tend to often show the same pattern. Something like 45% A, 30% undecided, 25% B.
So when “nearly half” disapprove it can still mean “a majority” does.
Not a majority. A plurality.
Okay, then let me rephrase it: When “nearly half” disapprove it can (and probably does) mean that there is still no majority (or plurality) approving, which is what OP falsely concluded.