politics

hottakes

a key distinction here is "among speech watchers"

the poll self-selects by eliminating the many people who dislike trump so strongly that they'd rather jump off a bridge than listen to him speak

I would argue that the poll is slightly misleading

https://warpcast.com/eirrann.eth/0x9b96079

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1. How could you have an opinion about the speech if you didn't watch it?

2. 26% independents in the sample

Right, but you can't run a good survey of what did you think of the speech if you didn't actually listen to the speech

1. When it's absolutely necessary to learn what he says, I read objective summaries so I don't have to listen to him directly. I don't think he's a moral or decent person who has the best interests of America in mind, and much of what he says seems designed to inflame rather than ease tensions, so I try not to listen to him talk.

2. Plenty of people across the political spectrum are willing to hear him speak. I’m just not one of them.