Comments on: Public Opinion On Patriots, The Wall, Obamacare, Trump Taxes

By: MikeN

MikeN — Thu, 02 Feb 2017 06:29:00 +0000

Eric, I saw it the other way, that people saw it as an alternative between paying for a wall and not having a wall.

I don’t think there is no way Mexico will pay for the wall. Does Mexico benefit from NAFTA, which Trump has said he wants to renegotiate? If Mexico benefits from NAFTA, and I believe it to be a substantial benefit, then they might be willing to pay just to keep NAFTA as is.

Now with Trump wanting out of NAFTA, then there is no such incentive for Mexico to pay, but I don’t think it is ridiculous for Mexico to offer to pay. The irony is, that right now Trump is offering to help Mexico build a wall on Mexico’s southern border.

By: Eric Lund

Eric Lund — Tue, 31 Jan 2017 18:35:29 +0000

The third question seems to give a false dichotomy: it assumes that the wall will be built, and the only question will be who pays for it. I personally would rather not build the wall, making the question of who pays for it moot. And I suspect Trump has no idea how much resources would have to be poured into building the wall.

Furthermore, there is absolutely no way Mexico will pay for that wall, and for anybody who thinks they will, I have a special deal on a bridge between Brooklyn and Manhattan.

By: t marvell

t marvell — Tue, 31 Jan 2017 16:36:58 +0000

#4 – the USA polls, on average, were accurate – had Clinton getting about 53% of the vote.

By: metzomagic

metzomagic — Tue, 31 Jan 2017 00:19:45 +0000

Following their Brexit and US election forecasts, how can any poll be credible or worthy of comment?

Seems to me that people are voting against the status quo, for whatever reasons. And they are probably a little afraid to tell other people they are doing that.

Facing the total unknown might be good way to shake up your holiday a bit. Not so sure it’s such a good thing to base your children’s future on.

By: cat

cat — Mon, 30 Jan 2017 22:13:54 +0000

Following their Brexit and US election forecasts, how can any poll be credible or worthy of comment?

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Mon, 30 Jan 2017 21:31:42 +0000

Indeed!

By: dean

dean — Mon, 30 Jan 2017 21:30:36 +0000

Wow, from the second poll you linked to, this:

He loses out only to Ronald Reagan and even that’s relatively competitive with Reagan getting 45% to Trump’s 31%.

is strong evidence that the myth of Reagan, rather than the actual Reagan, is still strong in the minds of people.

By: dean

dean — Mon, 30 Jan 2017 21:26:05 +0000

Re – your Super Bowl barchart. One of my students showed me a pie chart with two categories – from a “survey of football fans”

– Want Patriots to lose: 18%

– Want Tom Brady to lose: 82%