ParentsOf4
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It could simply be that those of us who post multiple times a day on a Disney fan site are not representative of how the majority of adults feel on this subject.
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News Reedy Creek Improvement District and the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District
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tissandtully
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Wow they are really wanting to kill or hamper the Florida economy aren’t they? That’s the only reason films are made in GA, is because of tax breaks. There really isn’t much in Florida, but it’s pretty dumb to stop them.
tissandtully
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They read a headline, that’s all that matters I guess. If there’s one thing we’ve learned form the last 8 years is that we can always trust polling /s
lentesta
Premium Member
Our gov't affairs person, who has contacts in Talahassee, says that internal polling commissioned on this issue does not reflect well on the governor or legislature. At both the state and federal level. I suspect the legisislature thinks it's getting close to time to move on to other things.
tissandtully
Well-Known Member
If only they had spines…
Who is able to “appeal decisions”?
TrainsOfDisney
Well-Known Member
Are you suggesting the majority of adults in America want the government to retaliate against businesses for standing up for the rights of their employees!?
I certainly hope not.
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
That seems to be the way the winds are blowing…just from a novice view.
They’re literally fighting Mickey Mouse over unrelated things that the majority of the country - especially the educated country - disagrees with.
Tough boxing match to win
flynnibus
Premium Member
No he’s saying most don’t know the real details
LittleBuford
Well-Known Member
Scientifically conducted polls, which this appears to be, are not useless; they are, on the contrary, often quite reliable. I see no reason to doubt the data given how ill informed people are on the issue. As we’ve seen repeatedly from what’s posted in this thread, the notion that DeSantis is merely levelling the playing field by depriving Disney of unfair special advantages is very widespread indeed. I’m not the least bit surprised that a good number of Democrats, regardless of how they feel about DeSantis himself, may have subscribed to the view that Disney is finally having to play by the same rules as everyone else.
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
You’ve missed the problem they’ve had with “polling” the last 20 years or so, huh?
LittleBuford
Well-Known Member
It is a myth that polling is fundamentally less accurate than it used to be. There is a lot of literature on the topic, which is beyond the scope of this thread anyway, but here’s just one recent article:
The Polls Were Historically Accurate In 2022
Let’s give a big round of applause to the pollsters. Measuring public opinion is, in many ways, harder than ever — and yet, the polling industry just had one of…
fivethirtyeight.com
mysto
Well-Known Member
To evaluate poll result you need to know who gathered the data and reported it as well as who answered. Frequently this information is unavailable, "people polled say that...".
In modern times polls are used to dictate public opinion as often as they're used to discover it.
Yes there are still professional polling groups that are very serious about their reputations and do good work.
In modern times polls are used to dictate public opinion as often as they're used to discover it.
Yes there are still professional polling groups that are very serious about their reputations and do good work.
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
You mean from Nate Silver? The pollster that hasn’t been incredibly accurate in recent cycles?It is a myth that polling is fundamentally less accurate than it used to be. There is a lot of literature on the topic, which is beyond the scope of this thread anyway, but here’s just one recent article:
The Polls Were Historically Accurate In 2022
Let’s give a big round of applause to the pollsters. Measuring public opinion is, in many ways, harder than ever — and yet, the polling industry just had one of…fivethirtyeight.com
But beyond that…the way hack polls are conducted has skewed because they don’t take into account how information now deciminates.
Any “data” that indicates public opinion is remotely on floridas side - except for the small, dwindling fiefdom that it was designed to rob money from in the first place - is false.
Don’t believe me…watch it play.
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
The “who answered” is the problem…which is why pollsters resist getting into it in detail
tissandtully
Well-Known Member
Polls are only as good as the way the questions are phrased.
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
Indeed…for the last year, we have seen the results of what 50 years of sandbagged poll questions result in when they hit the public policy, day to day life.
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
This is a fair point…Disney has been on a 5 year run of pretty bad PR…by their standards
Notypeo
Member
This is a huge issue in “issue polling,” and it’s compounded here by the technical complexity of the underlying RCID issue. Who doesn’t oppose removing “special tax treatment” or whatever the precise phrase was in the poll we’re all talking about? If you move the language around just a bit you could get very different results.
Chi84
Premium Member
The message boards are terrible for discussing anything nuanced. People can generally support a politician, but disagree strongly with some of his actions. People can generally support Disney's current direction with content, but disagree with certain actions or programming.
I consider myself pretty liberal on social issues, but there was a Disney+ video posted in another thread that I found inaccurate, divisive and age-inappropriate for the intended audience. That doesn't mean I no longer support Disney's trend toward diversity and inclusiveness. It means someone, in my opinion, exercised bad judgment with that particular content.