"QAnon Now as Popular in U.S. as Some Major Religions"

[JanMichael]

Atheists and agnostics foiled again. But Democrats, any of them, believe this shit? No way. No way. No way. But they say 7%...we are fucked if true. 7% is a tipping point.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/qanon-now-popular-u-major-121514464.html

https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/555699-15-percent-of-americans-believe-central-qanon-theory-poll

"Twenty-eight percent of Republicans polled said that they agreed with the statement, along with 13 percent of independents and 7 percent of Democrats."

7% of Democrats??

I get that almost 30% of the repukes, and 13% of the idiots that are "independent", believe in basic ideas of Q anon even if they don't have a membership card. But 7% of Democrats? Good gawd...

Basic idea: "the government and other entities are controlled by Satan-worshipping pedophiles running a child sex trafficking ring"

Is this a bullshit poll?

"The survey was conducted online between March 8 and March 30 among 5,149 adults in the U.S. The margin of error is plus or minus 1.5 percentage points."

That's traditionally good margin of error. Over 5k polled, another good quality. But are online polls the thing now? How does that work? Chat instead of a call at dinner? Polling sucks in the age of mobile phones and practically zero landlines. I mean look at the election polls since 2016. A hot mess. And dangerous to everyone.

[Skittles]

1. believing in stuff that cannot be proved

sounds about right

[TwilightZone]

2. I think that poll is an outlier, if it's even valid at all.

NBC had a summary of multiple national polls a while back and no one had Q in double-digits nationally. Several polls had their approval at around 2%.

[keithbvadu2]

3. A telephone poll taken in the 20s or 30s indicated that a certain candidate would win.

(from Statistics 101 class) A telephone poll taken in the 20s or 30s indicated that a certain candidate would win.
Didn't happen. The other guy won.
Turns out that it was not a sample of the general population.
Only the relatively well-to-do could afford phones so they did not sample the 'common folk'.

[Midnight Writer]

4. I put zero stock in online polls.

[PortTack]

5. The hill..online poll. I've seen enough