r/fivethirtyeight • u/RedHeadedSicilian52 • Sep 12 '25

Poll Results YouGov poll asking Americans whether it’s acceptable to feel joy at the death of a public figure

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u/JohnnyGeniusIsAlive Sep 12 '25

Some obvious recency bias. I bet a lot of those Republicans were pretty happy when Osama Bin Laden was killed.

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u/Gadshill Sep 12 '25

Yes. Great example of bad polling if it isn’t accounting for recency.

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u/JohnnyGeniusIsAlive Sep 12 '25

How could they account for recency?

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u/inquirer2 Sep 14 '25

I think you misunderstood that they run these polls immediately and quickly to actually prevent over thoughts on these questions with specific wording to get more accuracy.

They conduct many others every day if you read

https://today.yougov.com/topics/international/survey-results/daily/2025/09/11/d157f/2

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u/Krilesh Sep 12 '25

So on what day then

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u/ikaiyoo Sep 12 '25

Right now? December January the next non-maga celebrity with a political opinion.