[CatOwner]

Interesting they have Very Positive, Somewhat Positive, and Negative breakouts. Why not Somewhat Negative and Very Negative? I’m guessing that would make the Negative numbers looks too small.

[StAntKnee]

Interesting they have Very Positive, Somewhat Positive, and Negative breakouts. Why not Somewhat Negative and Very Negative? I’m guessing that would make the Negative numbers looks too small.

You are exactly right. Somewhat negative is 16% and very negative is 13%. This is using stats to lie by deliberate omission.

Link to poll results

Controlling for the nonstop hammering in the press versus the nonstop slobbering over Obama in past SOTUs, President Trump hit an out-of-the-park grand slam.

[Vigilanteman]

Probably because most of the "somewhat positive" wanted to reply "very positive" but feared being called racist.

A 70% positive total would destroy the whole CNN meme.