Thread by @Peoples_Pundit

THREAD: I'd just note the obvious...

1. The wording of the two questions are different. That's not kosher dill.

2. @realDonaldTrump won voters citing “Supreme Sourt appointments” as “the most important factor” in their vote 56% to 41%.

Continued...

THREAD CONTINUED: So, voters allegedly wanted Obama's nominee to get a hearing, allegedly by a larger margin than they oppose Trump's nominee from getting a hearing, yet they nevertheless rejected that and elected Trump.

Something's a bit off, no?

Perhaps this is the issue...

THREAD CONTINUED: For starters, perhaps the issue is the difference in the way the question was worded.

In 2016, the question merely asked if voters thought the Senate should hold hearings and vote. Now, the question is much more empowering to voters and their own importance.

THREAD CONTINUED: As a first-year undergraduate student would know, this is not kosher dill. The 2016 question worded it in a such a way that it seemed unfair for Obama's nominee to NOT get a hearing. In 2020, they made it about whether *they* as voters should have final say.

THREAD CONTINUED: Nevertheless, the candidate the poll results viewed to be more the benefactor of this argument, was incorrect.

@realDonaldTrump won. @HillaryClinton did not. That was due in no small part to this poll being wrong about who was more likely to win the Court vote.

THREAD CONTINUED: Bottom line, folks...

Comparing two questions that are worded differently, especially those worded differently for no discernible reason, is basically a cardinal sin.

But I'm sure it'll get them an A+ on the Pollster Suckup Card.