If I may be a little cruder, "The government should punch people in the dick" might poll at 60%, but people will still be angry at the government when their dicks hurt.
Everyone wants welfare reform until their niece's PIP is cut. Everyone wants fewer universities until their grand kid's gets closed mid-degree.
Haa anyone coined the term "Polling Brain™" yet?
I'm going to claim defining Polling Brain: the tendency of political operatives working in an environment saturated by polling data to start governing by poll numbers without interrogating reality
also the itty-bitsy problem of "we campaigned on no return to austerity and yet we're cutting some things most associated with austerity again"
May 9, 2025 18:20
