That was for the “Biden voters in swing states” poll, so a much smaller population than most polls. Most nationwide political polls of the general public were in the 1,000-1,500 range for a 2-3 point margin of error. Polls with larger sizes were likely to also get useful crosstabs.

MOE for this poll was +/-4.9%, which is high, but not “this is meaningless trash, what even is statistics?!?”, especially when the headline numbers are just general sentiment rather than a head to head. In the worst case if “Gaza” was 24 and “the economy” was 29, it’s not a very large difference in the finding.

I believe there are only two articles, which are presumably just sourcing from an IMEU press release for their poll.

From the other article covering the poll, Biden-Harris respondents were also asked how a change in policy would have affected their enthusiasm. 5% said it would make them less enthusiastic, 35% said more.

The 19M could add up if there were 13M voters who either voted for the first time or voted for Trump in the last election. Say if Harris’s total was 56M Biden voters, 8M first time voters, and 5M Trump 2020 voters.

That still seems like a stretch, but it’s not outside the realm of possibility. Someone would need to do some work to show that though, not just say it and be expected to be trusted.

You don’t understand how sample sizes or margins of error are calculated. That’s why you’re being downvoted.

They exist though, so you can gnash your teeth and blame it all on those damn irrational voters or accept reality and try to capture them.

I really don’t see how Cory’s view of enshittification doesn’t also encompass the powerful corporation embracing, extending, and extinguishing their own protocol to close any escape hatch. Especially when the key module is so monolithic and expensive.

They’ll make a proprietary update to their relay that conveniently makes it better and faster for their users while making it harder and more expensive for the alternative to keep up. They’ll add a special feature, but only build it out for their implementation and not figure out how to backport it to the public spec. Little by little Bluesky and the spec will drift. All while the alternative keeps burning money trying for something that, while Bluesky is still in the growth mode, provides no benefit. Eventually they give up or just can no longer be a real alternative, then the VC investors start asking for more and more and more. Corporate money isn’t just going to roll over and say “you got us, I guess our investments were just charity”.

Keep not getting how politics works, I guess.

Speaker of the House is the guy that gets to choose a lot of things on the capitol grounds. And new congressmembers are sworn in on January 3rd, so we’re already in the new Congress.

There were some. Shooting fireworks and de-arresting their comrades. But yeah, most of the violence was in one direction.

Why’d you bypass the largest protest in the country’s history? Black Lives Matter was just four years ago and included people actually fighting with cops, not just walking along prescribed routes holding signs. We’re a lot closer to a break than we ever were in 2003.

Corporations avoiding adverse impact is just being incredibly bland and apolitical. This is a personal choice, not a business one.

Or since he’d still be a narcissistic asshole and would want to experience the happiness and adulation personally, that would be over $2M to each and every resident of Kauai. He wouldn’t need security on an island where he made everyone millionaires.

At least you know you’re a nutter.

LOL. You may not be able to make me get off my couch, but you have the personal capability to make it not just be one Luigi. Be the change you want to see in the world before you whine about how no one else is willing to do anything.

He should fear a lot more than “being canceled”.

But they might have soup splashed on their glass!

You can see who didn’t read the article by their responses. Of course since this is the third major disaster in national news that had the same narrative, it’s getting harder to believe it’s a mistake.

These are one-time payments for immediate needs, not total compensation and support after the disaster. The same thing happened after the Maui fires. The federal government gave them immediate money to do stuff like buy new clothes, get baby supplies, and eat out in the immediate aftermath of losing their home, but there were other programs to provide housing and ongoing support while things are rebuilt.

I’ve seen this story before. He’s doing important work.