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It is what it is: Republicans live in a Different America (and reality)
Recently, CBS shared a poll, dubbed the Battleground Tracker, conducted to survey attitudes about various concerns in the United States.
As CBS notes about the following information:
“The CBS News national survey was conducted by YouGov using a nationally representative sample of 2,226 U.S. registered voters interviewed between August 19–21, 2020. The margin of error is ± 2.4 points. The CBS News national post-convention survey was conducted by YouGov using a nationally representative sample of 957 U.S. registered voters re-interviewed after the conclusion of the Democratic National Convention, between August 20–22, 2020, and who had been interviewed in CBS News polls prior to the convention. The margin of error is ± 3.6 points.”
The results were so polarizing that, if a true sample of the sentiments of the Republican Party, show that Republicans live in a different America than the one the rest of the world is observing; different from the one Democrats, liberals, and most independents actually live in. Widely, Republicans see the US as a nation with a good economy, a good president, and a good handle on the COVID19 Pandemic.
Speaking specifically about COVID19, Republicans surveyed are not concerned by the Pandemic in the slightest, in fact…