Fox News Claiming 801 as “Majorities” of Michigan Voters in Latest Poll

Smack dab in the midst of Coronavirus anxiety comes another faux Fox poll—this one claiming that “majorities” of Michigan voters concerned about coronavirus think President Trump was too slow reacting to it, and favor waiting to reopen the economy. “That contributes to Joe Biden leading the presidential race in a Fox News Poll of Michigan registered voters released Wednesday.” (Fox News, April 22, 2020)

“This Fox News Poll includes interviews with 801 Michigan voters, randomly selected from a statewide voter file, who spoke with live interviewers on landlines and cellphones.” 

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Fox surveilled .008% of the population for this skewed poll

The Fox “live interviewers” spoke to 801 Michigan voters. The population of Michigan is 10 million—meaning that Fox surveilled .008% of the population for this skewed poll. The owners of Fox News, who only yesterday virtue signalled that they are cutting back on their pay checks due to the pandemic, are trying to legitimize Joe Biden with an 8 point lead over President Trump as the 2020 election winner and Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer as Biden’s vice presidential running mate. Lachlan Murdoch and the family patriarch will forgo their entire salaries through September, though most of their compensation comes from stock awards and bonuses. Rupert Murdoch makes $5 million in salary but his compensation tops $29 million with incentives and stock. Lachlan Murdoch makes $3 million in salary, with an additional $20 million coming from stocks and bonuses. (NY Times, April 22, 2020 The race, they claim “narrows a touch to a 6-point advantage against Trump and Vice President Mike Pence (49-43 percent, just within the error margin”).

“Whitmer is popular: 63 percent of voters approve of her job performance and 58 percent have a positive opinion of her personally.” (Fox News)

Where are the fact checkers pointing out that Whitmer is popular with 801 voters and not the population of 10 million?

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Skewed polls seem to be a signature habit for Fox News

Skewed polls seem to be a signature habit for Fox News, but this latest one surely represents a flight of fancy gone too far: Biden has not yet been sanctioned by the DNC but is only expected to be. Self isolated in the basement of his Delaware home, Biden is running only a virtual campaign, where he can be viewed digitally getting the name of his opponent wrong and sometimes not knowing which day of the week it is. Whitmer has been neither chosen nor confirmed as his vice presidential running mate. Fox only owns up to “a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points for all registered voters” in their skewed poll. In a description of Trump popularity more fitting of CNN and MSNBC, this latest Fox poll drags out the race card:

“Trump is preferred among white men (+17 points), white evangelical Christians (+51), and whites without a college degree (+8).  In 2016, he won whites without a degree by 31 points. (Fox News) “The former vice president owes his lead to women (+20 points), non-whites (+63), and voters over age 65 (+19).”

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Party loyalty and personal “likeability”

Fox poll results also make a point of party loyalty and personal “likeability” between Biden and Trump.

“Party loyalty also helps Biden, as 91 percent of Democrats back him compared to 85 percent of Republicans supporting Trump. “But likeability could be the key.  By a 10-point margin, more have a favorable (53 percent) than unfavorable (43 percent) opinion of Biden.  Views of Trump are net negative by 8 points (44 favorable, 52 unfavorable). “In 2016, both candidates had net negative favorable ratings among Michigan voters -- Hillary Clinton by a 14-point margin and Trump by 20. “Trump won Michigan by 10,704 votes, less than a quarter of a percentage point. “Currently, 47 percent approve of the job he is doing as president and 51 percent disapprove.”

And get this:

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LIBERATE MICHIGAN

“On handling coronavirus, Whitmer’s job approval is 19 points higher than Trump’s (64 percent vs. 45 percent). (Fox News) “That difference is driven in part by a majority saying Trump failed to act soon enough.  Fifty-nine percent think he was too slow to respond, while 38 percent say his response was appropriate. “On the other hand, a majority agrees with the action Whitmer took to prevent the spread of the virus.  While 33 percent think her stay-at-home order is too restrictive, a 57 percent majority says it is “about right.” Another 9 percent think she should have gone further. “Among Republicans, 31 percent think Whitmer’s order is “about right,” and 23 percent think Trump was too slow to respond. “Trump supports protesting state-issued stay-at-home measures and last week tweeted, “LIBERATE MICHIGAN.” “A majority, 61 percent, would rather wait to loosen restrictions, even if it prolongs the economic crisis.  That’s far more than the 24 percent who want to open the economy sooner, even if it means the public health crisis lasts longer.

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“That is also despite 51 percent saying someone in their household has lost a job or had work hours reduced because of the virus. “Large numbers voice concern about personally catching the virus (72 percent) and that the pandemic will lead to personal economic hardship (75 percent). “Most Democrats would delay reopening (82 percent), but views among Republicans are mixed -- 43 percent favor opening the economy, even if it lengthens the health crisis, while 37 percent say wait. “Far fewer Republicans (59 percent) are concerned about getting coronavirus than independents (70 percent) and Democrats (86 percent).

The Fox News poll comes when America is on total lockdown due to the virus. If citizens conducted their own polls, far more than 801 people would conclude that Fox News is skewing both news and polls to get President Trump defeated for their Democrat friends.

Joe Biden starts attacking Trump, forgets what he’s saying, then asks Al Gore if it’s “too late to aggress the climate change”

Watch Gore’s eyebrows: pic.twitter.com/7bA8CBieM1

— Jewish Deplorable (@TrumpJew) April 22, 2020

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