I'm waiting for the poll that asks for an opinion such as "Do you support raising the debt ceiling?" and then follows with questions probing the depth of knowledge of the respondent such as "Does the debt ceiling refer to how much government can borrow, can spend without borrowing, or can pay back on loans?" etc., and then correlates the…
I'm waiting for the poll that asks for an opinion such as "Do you support raising the debt ceiling?" and then follows with questions probing the depth of knowledge of the respondent such as "Does the debt ceiling refer to how much government can borrow, can spend without borrowing, or can pay back on loans?" etc., and then correlates the responses so the poll results include what percentage of those who know what the debt ceiling actually is also disagree with raising it, or are undecided. Without that information polls give equal weight to misinformed respondents as to well informed respondents which may tell us something about how a population might vote (if it's their crucial issue), but nothing about how informed voters are and what underlies these opinions or what people really think when they know the facts.
I'm waiting for the poll that asks for an opinion such as "Do you support raising the debt ceiling?" and then follows with questions probing the depth of knowledge of the respondent such as "Does the debt ceiling refer to how much government can borrow, can spend without borrowing, or can pay back on loans?" etc., and then correlates the responses so the poll results include what percentage of those who know what the debt ceiling actually is also disagree with raising it, or are undecided. Without that information polls give equal weight to misinformed respondents as to well informed respondents which may tell us something about how a population might vote (if it's their crucial issue), but nothing about how informed voters are and what underlies these opinions or what people really think when they know the facts.
exactly! once again, I was too worked up to scroll down even ONE place. sorry.