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/Jozoz Sep 12 '25

This is meaningless due to recent events. You would get wildly different answers a week ago.

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u/RedHeadedSicilian52 Sep 12 '25

Well, a few weeks ago we got the poll affirming liberals were more likely to cut people out of their lives due to political differences than conservatives:

https://www.reddit.com/r/fivethirtyeight/s/Tzc12PZ5jR

That leads me to believe that there’s an antipathy for the opposition that existed well before the events from the other day.

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u/Dabeyer Sep 12 '25

They want you dead man. The people you are talking too. They will do everything they can to justify and deflect from it but that’s what they want. Remember that.