As pointed out above…issue polling is far less trustworthy than campaign polling
Sadly, the majority of adults are not nuanced. They believe what they believe and no amount of reasoned discussion is going to change their minds.
Here is the question asked by this particular poll:
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Stanford?
Jesus…that question is skewed off the jump.Here is the question asked by this particular poll:
ESG5 Florida governor Ron DeSantis has tried to limit Disney's autonomy in Florida by appointing an oversight board and threatening to remove its special tax status. DeSantis' actions are widely considered a response to Disney's opposition to the legislation that DeSantis signed in 2022 that prohibited elementary school classroom discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity. Do you support or oppose DeSantis' actions?
Topline – April
…oh THAT place?
I’m a Conservative Who Got Heckled at Yale Law School. But Not by Who You Think.
The anti-free speech culture we see at law schools today permeates the legal world, and on both sides of the political spectrum.www.politico.com
People responding to the poll don't know special tax status means Disney pays MORE in taxes..
Which was the point I was getting at in my original post on the topic, where I referred to how ill informed most people were on the topic.
Apparently "a person." I wouldn't be too concerned about this until we see what happens.
That's what I said
. "[T]he question sets the respondent up to look sympathetically on DeSantis and suspiciously on Disney" equals "Yeah, that poll is crap."
Minus my waffling!That's what I said
If it's not intentional, it's at least incompetent. It ties a lot of disparate issues together in a single question. It asks if you support DeSantis' actions, but it does not specify which actions. For instance, one might support the legislation on discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity without necessarily understanding or agreeing with the rest of the statement, but because it's the last thing mentioned before the question of support/oppose, it could very easily be the part that respondents tie their answer to.
Wow that was a very long survey. I found the pages in the 50s interesting. And pg55 is interesting… out of all the names and groups, Amazon came out on top for being favorableHere is the question asked by this particular poll:
ESG5 Florida governor Ron DeSantis has tried to limit Disney's autonomy in Florida by appointing an oversight board and threatening to remove its special tax status. DeSantis' actions are widely considered a response to Disney's opposition to the legislation that DeSantis signed in 2022 that prohibited elementary school classroom discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity. Do you support or oppose DeSantis' actions?
Topline – April
I came here to post this poll, but I see it has already been dismissed by most out of hand. Meanwhile internal polling Len Testa cited showing DeSantis/legislature are not polling well was not questioned. I mean zero offense to Len, and my intention is not to cast doubt on his information; just pointing out the discrepancy in the reaction to the two differing polls by most.
One is something that can be seen and discussed. The other is not.
Again, it ties together too many issues. I don't doubt that many people support many things DeSantis does, but you can't throw three things DeSantis did into one question and then give a binary support/oppose response.
It’s all in how you word a poll:
No they definitely do not. I imagine if the poll was worded to say “do you support Governor DeSantis seizing control of a local government entity to punish Disney for speaking out against a bill he supported” the yes voted would be about very small. It’s all in how you word a question. The poll question actually asked was definitely skewed.
I thought it was a national poll. Was it just FL voters polled?
