for despotism is immense. But perhaps not unlimited. Hopefully, that is.
… a poll this week was so astonishing that I think it deserves some discussion. According to a national USA Today-Suffolk University poll published on January 2, 2023 by USA Today, large numbers of blacks, Hispanics, and young voters are now willing to abandon the Democratic Party, and do so in numbers that are shocking and unprecedented.
… Two other factors illustrate the significance of these numbers. First this poll was of registered voters. As a rule, polls of likely voters tends more right than registered voters. Second, the poll was conducted by USA Today and an academic polling service. Such polls have routinely been heavily weighted to produce numbers that favor Democrats. As I noted above, this weighting is one reason I pay little attention to polls.