We shouldn’t necessarily believe the polling, [Trump’s] arguing, because Americans who intend to vote for Trump are too embarrassed to admit it when asked for their preference in surveys. Once you account for the fact that Trump supporters feel a sense of shame, and don’t want to acknowledge their true beliefs to pollsters, maybe he’s doing far better than the data suggests.
Is there anything to this? I doubt it – there was some chatter about this during the GOP primaries, but the polls tended to be pretty accurate – though it says quite a bit about Trump’s candidacy that he’s been reduced to reassuring partisans by telling them that he has secret supporters who don’t want to admit they’re voting for him.
June 20th, 2016 at 10:08AM
as bugs would say what a maroon, speaking of which:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/20/us/brandon-vandenburg-vanderbilt-univeristy-guilty-rape.html
June 20th, 2016 at 10:55AM
dmf: Yes, I saw that the Vanderbilt guy was again convicted. Given the facts of the case as first presented, this came as no surprise. He has earned a special place in The Annals of Contemptible Behavior. I’m surprised the jury didn’t spontaneously decide to jump out of the jury box and beat the shit out of him.
June 20th, 2016 at 3:10PM
if only facts were always decisive in these cases, one can hope it becomes a trend…
moved to Iowa City just in time for this bit of toothless protest: http://www.press-citizen.com/story/news/education/2016/06/18/national-professor-group-sanctions-university-iowa/86085620/
June 20th, 2016 at 8:17PM
http://dangerousminds.net/comments/robert_crumb_and_friends_flush_donald_trump_down_the_toilet_1989