Message from @Platinum Spark
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@Platinum Spark I know the article is about approval ratings, what I said was that he was simply gaining more minority support in a general sense. Also I do not see how the article synonymized approval ratings with vote total, I'm pretty sure it does make a distinction between the two. These two things also tend to correlate, however, so it isn't wrong to say that if these numbers hold the very well can land him a second term, especially given the other things in his favor this time.
Unless there is something that I missed in the article
I will say though that it shouldn't have claimed that Trump has a certain victory, because it's still too early to tell for sure.
It really doesn't suggest that he's gaining minority support
it's also not a legitimate news source
It makes no claim on how many points it went up by
it straight up says those polls are considered outliers
and the numbers it cites are STILL very low approval ratings
It does though, it explains that both black and Hispanic approval ratings now have increased relative to the votes respective to these groups, and although these two things are obviously not synonyms they are still indicators of increased support.
I don't think it's a wild claim to suggest that if a person is receiving support then given things go smoothly this will be more or less reflected in the polls. But again, I do disagree with the declarative language in the article.
Also what exactly constitutes a "legitimate" news source?
it actually doesn't say they increased
it implies it
unbiased and, when you're talking about polls, statistically sound
you can tell from the beginning something's off with this article:
"despite shrill denunciations of the president by the Democrats for his alleged racism"
that's not something that a real news organization would write
that's what a conservative blog would write
and they totally have their place, don't get me wrong
look at this part:
"this, of course, which is why they have worked so diligently to discredit polls that confirm the president’s gains among minority voters."
GG @Platinum Spark, you just advanced to level 13!
Then not many things can be considered legitimate news, including CNN, Fox, and MSNBC
sure
I disagree with you, but sure let's throw out all three of those
when it comes to polling, 538 is probably the gold standard
but AP, WaPo, WSJ, NYT
these are real news organizations
CBS, ABC
here:
you can take a look at how media bias affects different news organizations
better link
anyway, lets go back to the article
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.
now notice
he's not talking about gain over one poll
that would be something you could compare across time like that