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Ilikepurple

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36. It seems the unfounded pedantry on these boards is also revealing and alarming
Sat Mar 21, 2026, 02:05 PM
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In no way does the article state that the NBC survey is not a poll. CNN data analyst, Harry Enten, seemed okay with calling it “”polling data”. There is nothing in OP’s post to say it wasn’t a poll and it is reasonable to believe it was. One would have to go to specific report about the NBC survey to find out if it was a poll or not. If the info came from the NBC March 2026 Poll, NBC seems to waiver between referring to it as a survey or poll, but I believe it’s part of the monthly survey conducted by Hart Research and Public Opinion Strategies and noted as poll. Admonishing fellow DUers for a nonexistent failure to read the source material is a strange way to react to the comments here . Misreading the survey or poll’s source is definitely happening, but whether CNN funded the poll or not, it’s monetizing the data NBC paid for. I’m not able to find news site that confirms this data was from a survey that wasn’t a poll. So, I’ll leave it with these two sentences from the article that may lead one to believe it was a poll.

President Donald Trump has received unanimous backing from MAGA voters in a new poll — a result that left a television analyst stunned.

“Sometimes you look at the polling data and there are numbers that just jump off the screen at you and this is one of those,” Enten said on News Central.

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Not CNN and not even a poll. Does ANYONE bother to read? Maru Kitteh Saturday #22
It seems the unfounded pedantry on these boards is also revealing and alarming Ilikepurple Saturday #36
Quoting an NBC survey... GiqueCee Saturday #12
It wasn't even a poll. It was a survey. NOT the same thing Maru Kitteh Saturday #23
The word "poll" was repeated in the OP... GiqueCee Saturday #24
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