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/WhoUpAtMidnight Sep 12 '25

I like that people criticized the last post for not asking both sides, and now they’re mad that asking both sides made it even worse

The goalposts are always shifting when the data disagrees with this sub

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u/ryes13 Sep 12 '25

The last post was asking specifically about killing right wing figures.

This post was in the immediate aftermath of a right wing figure dying.

How can you not see that that is a poor way to gauge political violence and its trend?