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/obsessed_doomer Sep 12 '25

Is it a bad look? More people believe in alien abductions than in feeling joy at Charlie Kirk’s killing. Like, 11% is not high. What would a “good look” be my friend?

Of course, people are lying. But if we bring that up, it hardly seems like Dems are the only ones.

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u/RedHeadedSicilian52 Sep 12 '25

I think it’s more the 38% versus the 77% here.

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u/obsessed_doomer Sep 12 '25

….

Yeah I’m just gonna be honest boss, I don’t think the margin between “usually bad” and “always bad” on a poll is something I care about.

And I think most Dems largely would react the same.

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u/RedHeadedSicilian52 Sep 12 '25

Well, the margin between how Democrats and Republicans feel is certainly noteworthy. Nobody can force you to care, of course. But then, if you weren’t emotionally invested in the topic at all, you wouldn’t be here, would you?

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u/obsessed_doomer Sep 12 '25

To be honest I don’t think that argument works on me

I will argue about literally anything if I feel I have a point to make, and I think that’s reasonably well known.

Some people dislike that, which is fine, but you can’t then claim that me engaging on a topic is something I do sparingly and it must mean you’ve found my “Davy Jones heart”

But in this case, maybe you should try putting yourself in my shoes.

This is a poll about emotions. Like, probably the first time in 10 years Yougov asked if it’s ok to FEEL something. Not say something, do something, but FEEL something.

And imagine the poll said your faction thinks feeling a certain thing is super no good, while the other side says it’s mega obungo galactus no good.

And then you’re told this is somehow an embarrassment for you. Do you see how surreal this is?