Message from @Cobra Commander

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2019-09-11 23:30:01 UTC  

better link

2019-09-11 23:30:39 UTC  

anyway, lets go back to the article

2019-09-11 23:30:47 UTC  

in January of this year, Marist found that Trump’s approval rating among Hispanics had reached 50 percent. Then, in February, a Morning Consult poll showed Hispanic approval of the president at 42 percent. This was followed by a March poll from McLaughlin & Associates that found Hispanic approval for the president at 50 percent.

2019-09-11 23:30:49 UTC  

now notice

2019-09-11 23:30:56 UTC  

he's not talking about gain over one poll

2019-09-11 23:31:02 UTC  

that would be something you could compare across time like that

2019-09-11 23:31:17 UTC  

he's taking 3 poll results across 3 different polls

2019-09-11 23:31:41 UTC  

that show approval at or below 50%

2019-09-11 23:31:49 UTC  

with no comparison to where they were before

2019-09-11 23:32:15 UTC  

so he's not saying trump gained support with minorities, he's just saying this is the minority approval rating at 3 different points in time according to 3 different polls

2019-09-11 23:34:52 UTC  

You left out the detail of the article giving the months that the polls were taken in

2019-09-11 23:34:58 UTC  

I didn't actually

2019-09-11 23:34:59 UTC  

I included it

2019-09-11 23:35:17 UTC  

Oh then my mistake.

2019-09-11 23:35:21 UTC  

so there was a poll in January that shows 50%

2019-09-11 23:35:35 UTC  

a different poll in feb that shows 42%

2019-09-11 23:35:38 UTC  

But with that then you can see that the most recent poll shows 50%

2019-09-11 23:35:44 UTC  

then a different poll in march taht shows 50%

2019-09-11 23:35:50 UTC  

how does that equate to gaining support?

2019-09-11 23:36:09 UTC  

Because it had increased from the last poll?

2019-09-11 23:36:09 UTC  

he lost 8% support in Feb and regained it in March?

2019-09-11 23:36:18 UTC  

it's the same in March as it was in Jan

2019-09-11 23:36:55 UTC  

tbh, whatever that thing is, is very confusing

2019-09-11 23:37:05 UTC  

looks like that website is rated "Selective or Incomplete Story/Unfair Persuasion" on the reliability axis

2019-09-11 23:37:16 UTC  

I can barely read anything on it even with my glasses

2019-09-11 23:37:25 UTC  

and "Hyper-Partisan Right" on the political bias axis

2019-09-11 23:37:35 UTC  

(you have to use the zoom)

2019-09-11 23:37:50 UTC  

ik ;-;

2019-09-11 23:37:54 UTC  

It is still to small

2019-09-11 23:37:59 UTC  

and everything is so crammed in

2019-09-11 23:38:38 UTC  

they overlap so much

2019-09-11 23:39:01 UTC  

yup... you've got to zoom in

2019-09-11 23:39:06 UTC  

there's a zoom button in the lower right

2019-09-11 23:39:09 UTC  

then you can scroll around

2019-09-11 23:41:18 UTC  

The article is admittedly confusing, because it's no secret that Hispanics viewed him less favorably in the beginning of his presidency than they do now, but the articles language does seem to conflate things now that I'm reading it further.

2019-09-11 23:41:39 UTC  

I don't believe that's accurate

2019-09-11 23:41:45 UTC  

I don't think polling supports that statement

2019-09-11 23:42:20 UTC  

Because other news sources have also commented on Trump's Hispanic support, including even the Washington Post of all journals

2019-09-11 23:43:08 UTC  

Though these numbers do not corroborate with the spectator's