The latest New York Times poll is so messed up that Stephen Colbert had a field day destroying it.
Colbert said:
For example, this weekend, the New York Times released a poll showing Trump leading Biden by 5% among registered voters.
Okay, now I’m less worried about the candidates and more worried about the mental competence of the voters. Someone should give us a cognitive test. But don’t panic. Because the methodology is so flawed, it led one member of the expertocracy to remark, “There’s something wrong at the New York Times.”
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Yes, there is something wrong at the New York Times and it’s called connections. So, “Volgcoat” and “Windsock” are words that end in clothing, but “Lawsuit” isn’t? My record should be 25 years and you will hear from my lawyers, you bastards!
But one more thing. But one more thing. That New York Times poll is a disaster. It found that Trump won the female vote by 1%, while Biden had an advantage among women in 2020 by 11 points. Somehow I doubt Trump won back more than 12% of women with his encouraging message: “I’m a rapist.”
This poll is so nonsensical that it says 12% of Democrats support Dean Phillips, leading Dean Phillips to tweet: “When a NYT/Siena poll shows me at 12%, you better believe that’s wrong. Only 5% know who I am.” This… is so sad. He thinks 5% of people know who he is.
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The latest NYT poll was loaded with warning signs, which I recently covered in our newsletter, The Daily.
Colbert was right.
It is impossible to see how Trump won over women voters by taking away their right to control their own bodies while simultaneously launching his platform of rape and defamation.
The fact that the New York Times published such a flawed poll suggests that the purpose of the poll was not to inform or acquire information, but to make news rather than report it.
The New York Times poll is so bad that even late-night comedians make fun of it.
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