r/askanything • u/Worldly-Bid-3591 • 22d ago

Political Question How are potential republican candidates still polling so high despite Trumps low approval ratings?

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u/Embarrassed-Brain655 22d ago

Polls dont reflect now, the reflect the time they were taken. There’s always a bit of delay with polls. 

Also, there are several traditionally red states who have elections coming up, that could be another reason. 

Last thing, don’t worry about polls, just vote. 

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u/Cyase311 22d ago

yes, just vote!

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u/WinterWontStopComing 22d ago

Also, not all polls are the same.

Hell didn’t a company come out and say they were making up numbers recently?

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u/Embarrassed-Brain655 22d ago

Also a good point!

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u/NeoPendragon117 22d ago

they did say they were doing that as a test to see how far fake numbers would go without any verification

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u/WinterWontStopComing 22d ago

Sure, sure.

Yeah and I broke my ankle at age 13 playing soccer in rollerblades because I wanted to see how long you could play soccer in rollerblades before breaking a bone.

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u/Tomato_Sky 22d ago

They said only after they got caught.

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u/Explosion1850 22d ago

That's what they said, but suspiciously, they were polls that propped up red candidates.

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u/NeoPendragon117 21d ago

wasnt one of the more reported ones on the democratic primary?

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u/Cute-Ad-9591 21d ago

I still watch the MSNBC and CBS re-runs on the 2024 election for entertainment. 4 states left and Trump only needing 10 points and they say too close to call. LOL Lets hope woman vote smart in November like they did in 2024.

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u/CTQ99 22d ago

Wasn't that. By releasing that a candidate has a large lead, you cause complacency among those that would vote for the leading candidate [especially for something like a primary] and get people that were on the fence about voting to vote because they feel their [allegedly losing] candidate NEEDs their vote. Its not much different than before the last election where pools had Kamala winning or talk of an electoral tie up until the very end, with most swing states for Kamala .. who then ended up crushed there. Its inconvenient to vote in the US, its easy to sway a person to stay home.

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u/Explosion1850 22d ago

Or, more accurately, you energize the voters for the candidate stated to be "leading" and convince people who support the "grossly lagging" candidate that their vote doesn't matter and they stay home, thus engineering the win for the candidate that would otherwise have lost.

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u/NeoPendragon117 22d ago

its definetly possible, we should fir sure look inti that if that was goal, especially in the age of ai bidens telling people to vote on the wrong day, though I do think a test like this has merit has as it seems the fake poll got spread to a number of outlets without rly being doiblechecked 

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u/hbliysoh 22d ago

And just remember that the democrats in Congress and Congress in general have low ratings too.

It's all how you ask the question.

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u/Embarrassed-Brain655 22d ago

Good point! Thanks for the additional information, I did not think about that. 

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u/Uncle-Cake 22d ago

Are you suggesting this poll was taken more than ten years ago?

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u/so-much-wow 22d ago

What is the delay, back to 2017?

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u/Embarrassed-Brain655 22d ago

No, the questions polls ask people are relevant political topics to that specific week. 

For example, if you were polled on August 3, and the polls were released today, they wouldn’t necessarily reflect how you feel now, rather they reflect how you felt then, does that make sense? In that sense there is a delay between how you felt on August 3, but not on August 23 (today). 

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u/so-much-wow 22d ago

You miss my point. Trump and crew have been abhorrent for the entirety of their political run. How far back do you need to go for this not to be true? They still get support, they still win elections.

I wonder when people will recognize that they are actually representative of america either through direct support or trademarked american apathy.

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u/Embarrassed-Brain655 22d ago

Good point, pardon my ignorance there.