• danhab99@programming.dev
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    1 day ago

    Does anyone know where these ratings come from? I don’t care because I don’t know I just want to check if there’s something worth caring about?

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      It depends on which source is posting them. Ideally they come from a representative sampling of the general population. In practice they’re skewed either because of how they field the survey (i.e. calling landlines) or the universe they poll (i.e. Fox News watchers)