I seriously thought this was a joke.

[billyjoebowers@mastodon.online]

I seriously thought this was a joke.

They're going to stop doing Presidential approval ratings because Trump is so unpopular.

"Gallup will no longer measure presidential approval after 88 years "

https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5733236-gallup-stops-presidential-approval-ratings-polls/

[wyatt_h_knott@vermont.masto.host]

@billyjoebowers "We're having a harder and harder time massaging the pool of hand-picked respondents into polling the way we want them to, and we are losing our ability to make propaganda. So we're going to devote ourselves to propaganda full-time, without any of that bothersome data." is how I read that.

[rysiek@mstdn.social]

@billyjoebowers

> The company said starting this year it would stop publishing approval and favorability ratings of individual political figures, saying in a statement it “reflects an evolution in how Gallup focuses its public research and thought leadership.”

Oh man you know something is complete bullshit if "thought leadership" is mentioned.

[huntingdon@mstdn.social]

@billyjoebowers

Must be because Donald Trump's Ministry of Truth is the only USG agency still hiring.

[joshg@mathstodon.xyz]

@billyjoebowers No. They're going to stop because they're afraid of what Trump will do if they report honestly on how unpopular he is.

[kuba@toot.kuba-orlik.name]

@billyjoebowers the article doesn't say that it's because of how low trump's ratings are

[aka_quant_noir@hcommons.social]

@billyjoebowers His popularity is unmeasurably low. Like his credibility, and his restraint. #numbers