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[โ€“] ilinamorato 39 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

By whom/in what poll? Of what respondents? When? What was the actual question asked?

I hate it when accounts like this just post a "fact" with no supporting documentation, source, link, or even image. Devoid of context, this is either important news or completely meaningless.

If this poll is by a reputable polling outfit, it's probably significant (and the other answers should be available). If it's a JavaScript poll posted on some random site, there's no information here.

If the poll was asked of likely Dem voters, it's not very significant (maybe significant that Biden is ranked so low). If it's a representative sample of likely voters, it's incredibly significant. Historians? Might be significant. "PeopleWhoRankPresidents.net" users? Definitely weird.

If it's a poll from day 1 of the Biden admin, it's not very notable. Though the framing of this tweet suggests the timing is "recently," which may be significant.

If the question was, "rank every president in order of how pretty you think their dogs are," then who cares? If it was "where do you think Biden and Trump rank in terms of policy," then it's almost as meaningless because nobody has taken the time to consider which thirteen go in front of Biden, that number is just a stab in the dark. If it's "rank every president in your lifetime in terms of policy," this is actually a terrible poll for Biden because it essentially puts him second-to-last.

Leaving these details out vastly weakens your point, because it sounds like you're intentionally omitting those data points that don't support your conclusion.

Or it's just your own personal opinion. Which is fine! You're on the internet, you're allowed to have an opinion, just frame it as such. And it would be more interesting than an unsourced poll, honestly; particularly for somebody running a Twitter account about how good Biden is, why did you put him so low on the list?

Or you're (not you, OP, the Twitter user) a Russian troll farm trying to drum up infighting in American politics. Which is, at this point, like trying to rinse off the deck of the Titanic.