who or what do you believe is responsible
Most people will give one answer to that even if they feel 50 have some responsibility. The question asked isn't "is this all Trump's fault", it is does he have any responsibility.
@arthur-dent even mine was arguably argumentative. do you have an opinion as to what caused it to be high blah blah blah. i'm doing my daughter's school shit at the same time. the way the question interjected trump etc as coh said it's argumentative. just legal shit marv. but makes you look at things differently
The question conveys the conclusion that the present rate of inflation is a problem and Trump is the cause.
1) No, it doesn't. You're creating a complaint just to complain about it.
2) What's it matter? You should be concerned with how voters view this issue.
@mcm666 if you want to know how much people blame a person or event you have to ask it this way.
I guarantee the question was worded the same way when Biden was President. They use the same questions over and over. Put Biden’s name in place of Trump’s and it’s suddenly a fair question. He also didn’t poll well on the question.The question conveys the conclusion that the present rate of inflation is a problem and Trump is the cause.
1) No, it doesn't. You're creating a complaint just to complain about it.
2) What's it matter? You should be concerned with how voters view this issue.
@mcm666 I think the question should read, now that we all know tariffs aren't inflationary, how stupid is the MSM on inflation? Would that be argumentative?
@arthur-dent it's suggestive of the answer. that's why it's argumentative. there were other ways to ask. but it's not a court of law. it's a poll. so it doesn't make a difference. but i do believe polls like this subconsciously/consciously interject responsibility. i don't know if he's responsible or not. i do believe tariffs will eventually make things more expensive. and i believe the non inflationary def shit is hitting people hard. my four pack of sbx bottles was $11 something. i remember not long ago it was $4.99. trump needs to recalibrate and start figuring out how to get prices down. most people don't give a shit about tariffs. foreign production is baked in. they want cheap shit
@snarlcakes you must have a notification for that god damn topic lol. like me on crime and defund
I guarantee the question was worded the same way when Biden was President. They use the same questions over and over. Put Biden’s name in place of Trump’s and it’s suddenly a fair question. He also didn’t poll well on the question.The question conveys the conclusion that the present rate of inflation is a problem and Trump is the cause.
1) No, it doesn't. You're creating a complaint just to complain about it.
2) What's it matter? You should be concerned with how voters view this issue.
That's what makes polls like this valuable. Repetition. The reason the right direction/wrong track poll (it's not "right track," btw; ask any West Wing aficionado about that) is so valuable is that they've been asking it for decades.
@aloha-hoosier you might like it but that doesn't mean it's not argumentative if you substitute biden with trump. it is. coh is correct. if you didn't have any names you might get a very different answer. that's the point
I like “track.”I guarantee the question was worded the same way when Biden was President. They use the same questions over and over. Put Biden’s name in place of Trump’s and it’s suddenly a fair question. He also didn’t poll well on the question.The question conveys the conclusion that the present rate of inflation is a problem and Trump is the cause.
1) No, it doesn't. You're creating a complaint just to complain about it.
2) What's it matter? You should be concerned with how voters view this issue.
That's what makes polls like this valuable. Repetition. The reason the right direction/wrong track poll (it's not "right track," btw; ask any West Wing aficionado about that) is so valuable is that they've been asking it for decades.
@mcm666 it is physically impossible to do it with no names. We aren't in a court of law. Contrary to CO's opinion, law isn't the supreme thought process in the world.
If you want to know how strongly people feel about a subject, you must name the subject. Law doesn't get into, " how much is the killer to blame for the death" questions.
A lot of people can carry responsibility for inflation. Not just people, but companies, governments, NGOs. If you want to know how MUCH people blame anyone of them, there is no way to not name them.
We aren’t in a court of law. Contrary to CO’s opinion, law isn’t the supreme thought process in the world.
correct. so the value of the question and doing so in a repetitive nature speaks for itself. but the reason it is argumentative is because it suggests blame whether you like it or not. it's not a court of law so it's of no moment but if it were it would be subject to objection because again you planted trump and associated him with inflation.
do you have an opinion as to the current rate of inflation
i believe it is high.
then when you follow up that person may give all the reasons you gave without mentioning trump. but when YOU interject trump into the question you're suggesting
@mcm666 we're running 1.8 trillion dollar deficits. That's the cause of inflation and it's not going away. Trump needs to grow the economy as fast as possible and AI to take hold so they have deflation. Printing another 1.5 trillion for Obamacare isn't going to decrease prices. It will only add to healthcare inflation.