A whopping 33% of 1000 adults polled by HuffPo thought Trump "pivoted" in his teleprompter speech

[Miles Archer]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/poll-few-saw-trumps-address-to-congress-as-a-pivot_us_58bd9b05e4b033be1467101d?jr77bwe7zg6kmrhpvi&

Americans who tuned into Donald Trump’s speech to Congress last Tuesday mostly didn’t see it as a departure from his past rhetoric or actions, a new HuffPost/YouGov survey finds, with even fewer expecting it to lead to the “pivot” periodically promised by pundits since he first clinched the Republican nomination.

A 52 percent majority of Americans who watched Trump’s address, or who followed the subsequent news coverage, say that the tone and content of the speech were similar to most of what he’s said and done since becoming president, with just 33 percent saying the speech’s tone and content differed from his previous actions.

Among the third who did see the speech as a break from the past, 51 percent expected Trump to go back to the way he usually behaves, while just 36 percent thought he would continue to behave the way he did during his speech.





The HuffPost/YouGov poll consisted of 1,000 completed interviews conducted March 2-3 among U.S. adults, using a sample selected from YouGov’s opt-in online panel to match the demographics and other characteristics of the adult U.S. population.

[bettyellen]

1. It's all about tone and never about content. WTF AMERICA?

[randr]

2. Can we assume they thought twitler was a bit unhinged before the pivotal moment?

An now that his has completed his pivotization and landed himself back the same skin as before?

[lame54]

3. They were all journalists

[uponit7771]

6. +1

[Luciferous]

4. Wonder what they think now

[djsunyc]

5. that's because

we americans....are...wait for it...dumb.

[TNLib]

7. They just want to believe he's capable of being sane

I don't think they will give a crap about policy until their social, economic and environmental benefits are completely dismantled.

[ProudLib72]

8. It's too funny

They didn't have enough time to get the poll done before he crashed harder than ever. Wow! Presidential!

[raccoon]

9. Well, if these people are representative of the American public,

then 33% of the general American public are dumbasses.

[Ms. Toad]

10. That's 12% for pivot, not 33%

33% thought the speech was different (I agree - it was very different in tone, presentation, and sophistication of content). But one speech being different is not a pivot.

36% of that 33% thought it meant he would act differently going forward. That's a pivot. In other words 11.88% (36% of the 33% who saw a change (11.88% = 36% of 33%), believed it was a pivot from his prior behavior.

Those 12% also believe that zebras will ultimately change their stripes.

What shocks me is that 11% of 44% of Clinton voters who perceived a change (4.84% of Clinton voters who watched the speech) believed it was a pivot.