More than 1/5 (22.7%) of the 605 voters we interviewed last night in Michigan told us they are NOT "familiar with the revelations" in "recent news reports" surrounding Joe Biden.
FTR, the percentage who are familiar was closer to 65% than 80% w/ those who said they were “unsure”. It’s plausible to think they just don’t want to say “No” and that others who chose “Yes” don’t want to seem uninformed.
But in 2016, it was much higher for reports on Clinton.
UPDATE: In interviews conducted on Sunday, 72.2% in Michigan told us they ARE "familiar with the revelations" in "recent news reports" surrounding Joe Biden.
That's up from the mid 60s, though still lags the 90-plus for Clinton in 2016. nypost.com/2020/10/24/bid…
If that’s the geo participation in the NYT Poll, then at least a significant part of Biden’s lead in them is in no small part nothing more than response bias and an artifact of the polling mode.
1. I'd be embarrassed to tweet maps that show such a distribution.
2. Quinnipiac is not a serious poll, hasn't called an election correctly in years, and wrong in Florida for 5 straight cycles, often grossly. So, please stop asking me what I think about that vs. our Trump +1.6.
Miller, Trump Campaign: "We do not want any changes from what has been agreed to before the first debate."
"It didn't turn out the way they wanted. That's why they want changes."
Negotiator for Trump confirms Biden campaign requested a mute button for the second debate, but it did not come from the commission and was denied.
Biden campaign also seeking to reduce open discussion segment to "almost nothing" to "control" the forum.
They want no changes.
The Biden campaign requesting a mute button for the next debate reminds me of when "stress cards" came out for basic trainees NOT at Ft. Benning in the Army and we just wanted them to go home so they didn't get us killed.
Listening to the media, to include Fox News, you might think coronavirus is not only the top issue on voters' minds, but dominantly so.
It's not anymore. It slipped to third, but I cannot help but to think their droning on keeps it alive longer than it organically would've.
Average working Americans aren't allowed to gather like the advantaged in the debate crowd tonight without being criticized by the likes of those in the crowd.
In the montage, the first clip Fix News put up was Bill Hemmer talking about coronavirus, the third place issue the media wants in first place until November.
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.