• dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de
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    4 hours ago

    Never heard of Emerson but I would be asking who paid for that poll? Did they have a vested interest in playing down support? Has the poll been manipulated to get the best charts etc.

    PragerU puts out lots of polls, but it doesn’t mean they’re valid.

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      Emerson College was established in Boston, Massachussets in 1880

      Their “About Us”

      The Polling Center is a non-partisan organization dedicated to accurately reflecting populations through public opinion research. Established 25 years ago as a classroom exercise, in 2012 Emerson College Polling was transformed into an innovative, nationally-ranked polling center. Emerson College Polling conducts research on civic behavior, polling methodology, public health, and public policy.

      Emerson College Polling (ECP) is a Charter Member of the American Association of Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) Transparency Initiative. AAPOR is the leading professional organization of public opinion and survey research professionals in the United States, with members from academia, media, government, the nonprofit sector, and private industry. ECP publishes not only its full topline results, but also its full crosstabs for each survey, aiming to ensure that data is easily accessible and available to researchers.

      They also have a MBFC rating of least biased LINK HERE

      They haven’t failed a fact check in 5 years, have very low traffic/popularity, and in the past rarely reported on politics.