A New York Times focus group with Trump-supporting voters between the ages of 20 and 25 mostly found glum outlooks on the economy and world affairs — and an overall sense that the system, even under the man they voted for, just isn't working.The focus group included 10 people, including seven Republ...
  • BoosBeau@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    TBF there’s probably only like 10 of them that understand the word “humiliation”, so the low focus group makes sense

  • Bumrocky@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    But they still think they’re better off than voting for someone else. The stupidity is endless

  • ledasll@lemmy.wtfEnglish
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    3 months ago

    “24 years old management consult” was this AI generated or jome or both?

  • skisnow@lemmy.caEnglish
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    3 months ago

    an overall sense that the system, even under the man they voted for, just isn’t working.

    I have a worrying feeling that for these people, fixing the system doesn’t mean anything like “kick all the billionaires out of politics, change the electoral system & senate to give people genuinely equal representation, and start arresting politicians who take bribes and make millions on insider trades”.

    • AlteredEgo@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      3 months ago

      A “restoration era” USA where all the damage is being fixed and institutions repaired like you describe would practically take some kind of temporary military dictatorship. Because it’s not just the idiots in maga, you have all kinds of idiots who think this principle or this or that is important and everything has been gamed for decades by the plutocrats to only serve them. So everything is poisoned, everything needs to be changed, so you can’t rely on any sensible majority or institution to work with you. That includes news media and journalists and the “freedom” of the press to serve as a voice for the plutocracy.

    • Spacehooks@reddthat.comEnglish
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      3 months ago

      Ever play wolfeinstien? BJs dad is who I think these ppl are.

      “This a white man’s country and we got to keep it Christian” pos even sold his wife to nazis.

  • k0e3@lemmy.caEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Lol you’ve always been a humiliation, but now even the dummies are more aware.

    • Poojabber@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 months ago

      It was very focused. Turns out that 100% of people do not like beef. I once asked 1 peoples and all 100% of them said they dont.

  • John@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    3 months ago

    The focus group included 10 people

    Anybody believing that Trump voters think anything is worse is just silly.

  • Riskable@programming.devEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Only one of the focus group members, a 24-year-old engineer from New York named Alvin, gave Trump a 5 out of 5, praising him for “trying to bring back manufacturing jobs” even though manufacturing growth has slowed.

    So basically, only the delusional think he’s doing a good job. I’d say this is like, “just my opinion, man” but no: That’s literally what the focus group discovered! It’s a fact.

    • Tollana1234567@lemmy.todayEnglish
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      3 months ago

      and engineers were one of the first fields to suffer in covid too, with layoffs, somehow i dont they fully recovered from that.

    • I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 months ago

      “We picked 10 unicorns and asked their opinions to try and make people believe all horses feel this way”

    • bobalot@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 months ago

      Always been curious how effective focus groups are and what sample sizes would be considered representive of the general population.

      • sinwell@infosec.pubEnglish
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        3 months ago

        Assuming they are trained on datasets that do not control for this classification, and are derived from the product of more than ten individuals I think it’s safe to expect, unironically, that yes the results would be far more predictive.