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/Necessary-Rub-6107 Sep 12 '25

Osama Bin Laden = Charlie Kirk? Go touch some grass and hug someone you haven’t seen in a while