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Susan Morgan's avatar

Thank you, Simon, for saying loudly and clearly how we can make progress in the Middle East. "BIBI MUST GO." Americans broadly support the state of Israel and its people. Many do not support its current government, military and warfare strategy. From your mouth to God's ears, Bibi must go!

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Thornton Prayer's avatar

I have several thoughts here. First, I suspect the NYT's polling model is stuck in old methodologies that overcount conservative voters and undercount liberal ones. That's why their polling is so skewed and inaccurate regarding actual electoral results. It's not just the NYT with this distortion but the same applies to older polling organizations and especially the RW ones.

Second, the mainstream media and right-wing propaganda machine keep promoting narratives that the economy is "bad" even though the actual data is clearly the opposite. I believe that explains the dissonance where polls show people are saying their personal financial situations are good while simultaneously believing the overall economy is terrible. Right now, there seems to be some foggy brain lock with many people about the economy which requires us and Democratic party to cut through as we head in the 2024.

Finally, I want to echo Simon's straightforward focus on highlighting the good that the Biden administration is accomplishing. As he consistently states, we have to become information warriors to counter the garbage, lies, and BS that's floating around. More importantly, we have to talk ourselves down and stop panicking every time a bad poll comes out. A poll is a current day snapshot, not a hard predictor of far off electoral outcomes. Let's allocate our time, resources, and especially our minds on what to do versus worrying and freaking out whenever something negative comes up.

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