Pollster Nate Silver said in an episode posted to YouTube on Friday that podcast co-host Maria Konnikova called former President Donald Trump's supporters “victims” of his fraudulent activities. He objected to his comment that he was a “cynical piece of shit'' and a “cynical piece of shit.''
Trump currently holds a mere 3 percentage point lead in the U.S., between Vice President Kamala Harris' 46.1% and Trump's 49.1%. According to Go to Silver's “Silver News”. When Silver claimed on “Risky Business” that “47% of the people will vote for Trump,” Konnikova claimed, “They are victims of fraudsters,” but pollsters He countered that a significant portion of the former president's voters voted for Trump. They are just acting in their own self-interest. (Related article: 'Scary idea': CNBC host Mike Johnson expresses concern that Harris could 'could' win without conducting further interviews)
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“Victims of scammers will always be victims and they will never be persuaded otherwise because they always think that the person they are following is not a scammer,” Konnikova said. Ta. “They are true believers.”
“For many people, voting for Trump is narrow self-interest,” Silver responded.
Konnikova agreed, adding: “And then there are the cynical motherfuckers who voted for Trump just out of cynical selfishness and don’t care what happens to the rest of the world and the rest of this country. Sorry, listeners.
Konnikova laughed and Silver replied, “I don't agree.”[s] With that characterization. ”
“First of all, I hope some of President Trump's listeners…look, I don't agree with that…I don't think there's anything wrong with people voting from a narrow self-interest standpoint. “I think that's part of a political economy that can be healthy,” he said. “I think President Trump sometimes understands that even though he wants to appeal to people’s sense of identity, people don’t do Cartesian expected value calculations about impacts like climate change.”
Konnikova agreed, but added: “There are people who are completely cynical and have a very narrow lens of 'what's good for my own interests and I don't care what happens to other people.'” I doubled my belief. The world is as it is except for me, and I'm going to vote for the person who will make it better. ”
Mr. Trump holds a 13-point lead over Ms. Harris when it comes to who voters think will manage the economy more effectively. According to A New York Times/Siena College poll released on September 19 found that more than 50% of voters see President Trump's term as a “success,” while President Joe Biden's presidency has been a success. Only 37% of people viewed it that way. According to to a CNN poll conducted by SSRS on Tuesday.
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