There are 855,000 LE professionals in USA. This survey represents not even 2%. [1.75%]
Wow that’s a HUGE number.
No wonder our state and local budgets are in such trouble.
There are 313,914,040 Americans. A recent poll says that 90% of Americans are in favor of universal background checks.
The Quinnipiac University poll was conducted March 26-April 1, with 1,711 registered voters questioned by telephone. The survey's overall sampling error is plus or minus 2.4 percentage points.
The latter survey represents squat.
“This survey represents not even 2%. [1.75%]”
That’s a huge sample, statistically.
The survey numbers are, on their face, encouraging, and I hope they are an accurate indicator of LE as a whole. I'm not familiar w/ policeone.com, so I'm not sure if it tends to slant right, but there's the danger of that bias in the sample leading to a misleading skew.
I would also think that police actively involved in a profession oriented website might be those who got into law enforcement for the right reasons,(i.e., sense of community service, a legitimate passion for justice, etc.), and may not represent the views of those who signed up for the badge and the gun, the union perks, etc., which would also distort the sample.