Submitted 3 weeks ago by Eyekaytee@aussie.zone to australianpolitics@aussie.zone
Not super familiar with Resolve polls but I do find this pretty difficult to believe, that only 16% of the country would OPPOSE a ban on Palestine protests. Would definitely need to see similar polling independently reproduced to take it seriously.
That said, I’d wager a non-trivial chunk of the country is apathetic and would be against all protests, full stop.
Oh fuck off (the majority of) Australia!
I think the poll might have been a bit skewed.
Didn’t we literally just get done with massive marches for Palestine in every capital city? I don’t think that many people changed their mind…
16% of this Nation would be over 4 million people, so its possible both can be true.
I guess Australians are idiots too
I have no idea who they polled, but I have grave doubts that it was a fair sample of the population.
I’d also love to hear how the questions were phased. For example, I do think the Holocaust should be taught in schools. But the infographic words this like it should be a subject or something.
I think the Holodomor should also be taught in schools, and if it was, I must have been chatting to a mate that one moment or something. While the Holocaust had loads of attention by comparison.
That explains a lot.
If they had added “ban Jack Russel Terriers” in that list, some percentage of people polled would have said “sure yea that too”.
Of course OP posts this bullshit propaganda.
That n1010 is that they asked 1010 people?
Yep, thats not a bad number to get for a poll.
I’m probably more worried about the speed in which they’ve put this together. So close to the event which they readily admit has made the results deviate from a normal results, which is the whole intention behind putting this out now. They can then assess the drop off in support as the event gets further back in time, and intervening events have their effect.
But the speed is also a concern because they’ve had to do this over the xmas period, when a lot more people are less available. So i have a concern about how representative they were able to make it. I’m sure they tried, resolve has a reasonable reputation for polling, but given the time period for responses it isn’t ideal.
Is it not like 0.005 percent of the population assuming we have 20million?
That seems almost nothing to say a majority
Hope this puts into perspective the widely spruiked majority support for tighter gun laws that was used to help ram through changes in NSW.
Fleur_@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Resolve is a polling agency conducted by the Sydney morning herald. Their polls supposedly ask “questions that differ between print and online versions,” as well as “mislead readers” and have “limited utility.” They seem to have a habit of asking questions in a way that prompts certain answers and often misrepresented data in their articles. I wouldn’t consider them particularly valuable as a source though
…org.au/the-resolve-poll-that-resolves-very-littl…
I do think that there is a significant portion of the Australian population fed up with the protests. Anecdotally I’ve heard complaints about specifically the Palestine protests from people I interact with though it mostly amounts to “why are they still doing it and interrupting my day to day, I feel it is pointless and annoying,” as opposed to wanting them outright banned.
dockedatthewrongworf@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
I’ll second that anecdotal comment. I was at a fundraiser for Ukraine earlier this year and there was a lot of frustration at how the Palestinian Israel conflict has had overwhelming support with protests and outcry from the general public but the invasion of Ukraine has been met with far less observed fervour and protests. I would imagine other groups feel harbour similar sentiments.
Zagorath@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
I mean, it’s not complicated. People protest against Israel’s genocide in Gaza because our government is supportive of the genocide. There’s an enormous amount of trade, diplomatic support, etc.
Our government is pretty strongly against Russia in that conflict, so there’s not much to protest against.
BilboBargains@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Boooooooo