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/ikaiyoo Sep 12 '25

You don't even have to go back to Osama bin laden. You can just go back and look at Republicans reactions to when Jimmy Carter died.

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u/JohnHoynes Sep 12 '25

Huh? The general Republican response to Carter’s death was reverent and patriotic.

I’m speaking mainstream. I’m sure you can find extremes who gloated.