Actually, my memory of human statistical measures is that both Yes and No will gather at least a 10% response, regardless of how batshit the question is. "Is the sky blue?" will get at least 10% No. "Should we destroy the world with nuclear bombs?" will get at least 10% Yes. I'm sure that 10% is not the exact value, but the point is that…
Actually, my memory of human statistical measures is that both Yes and No will gather at least a 10% response, regardless of how batshit the question is. "Is the sky blue?" will get at least 10% No. "Should we destroy the world with nuclear bombs?" will get at least 10% Yes. I'm sure that 10% is not the exact value, but the point is that there's always noise at the fringe. So saying that 14% of the American public will say "Trump won the election" or "Trump is God" is not all that surprising.
Actually, my memory of human statistical measures is that both Yes and No will gather at least a 10% response, regardless of how batshit the question is. "Is the sky blue?" will get at least 10% No. "Should we destroy the world with nuclear bombs?" will get at least 10% Yes. I'm sure that 10% is not the exact value, but the point is that there's always noise at the fringe. So saying that 14% of the American public will say "Trump won the election" or "Trump is God" is not all that surprising.
“Noise at the fringe ...”. Fringe is exactly the correct characterization.