There are lies, damn lies and statistics. Then there’s the fourth and unspoken part of that equivocation equation. That being “polls.” I have never answered a pollster’s questions. I was called once, in fact, very recently, from a number I didn’t recognize. After being called three times, I looked up the number. It was a pollster. Too late to take the call. I didn’t have the chance to answer whatever question was being asked. It may have been this particular CBS poll.
“Most Believe Trump Probably Guilty of a Crime as NYC Trial Comes to an End”
CBS News poll: Most Americans believe Donald Trump is definitely or probably guilty of a crime in his New York criminal case. https://t.co/PJ5CTNh7QK
— CBS News (@CBSNews) May 23, 2024
CBS asked 1,402 people. Out of a population of 336,000,000, asking 1,402 people seems to be a rather small sampling. Nonetheless, the CBS…