• Wertheimer [any]@hexbear.net
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    5 hours ago

    It’s a perfectly good sample size, you’re absolutely right, but @anarcho_blinkenist@hexbear.net raises good questions about whether it’s an appropriately random sample.

    Edit: They use weighting to put things closer to what the general population actually looks like, but here’s what their unweighted numbers are:

    • GlueBear [they/them, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      Okay I see the criticism, but would the more honest title:

      approximately 47% of Americans aged 30 and older believe immigrants should be put in militarized camps

      really have changed the conclusions and implications?

      It’s fucking disgusting no matter how you look at it.

      I suppose that number might go down to 30% at best if 18-29 year olds were properly sampled.

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        I agree. Like, we could get the number down by asking the question a different way, too, but ultimately the issue is that ~97% of votes will go to candidates who will increase the power, reach, and budget of ICE and the military.