Not only have I read the article, I suggest you actually read the study too - all 34 pages.
First lesson, we spell it hesitant. And it's not San Dakota.
Second, do you understand the groupings? Who took the study? Their answers? Out of 2,097 participants, 1,189 had taken the jab, 893 had not.
Second, notice the survey was 817 Democrats, 321 Republicans, 544 Independents. Not really balanced, but let's proceed.
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Notice the sliding scale of questions? Surely you've done these....they scale from one extreme to netral to the other extreme
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See the different buckets? I know this is a big slide with lots of big words....
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Now re-read the CNN summary after your learnings above.....
A look at the data reveals that the vaccine hesitant group, however, are not big Trump lovers. They're actually likely not to be Republican. Instead, many of them are people who are detached from the political process and didn't vote for either major candidate in 2020.
The most recent Kaiser poll helps illustrate that the vaccine hesitant group doesn't really lean Republican. Just 20% of the group called themselves Republican with an additional 19% being independents who leaned Republican. The clear majority (61%) were not Republicans (41% said they were Democrats or Democratic leaning independents and 20% were either pure independents or undesignated).
This is very much unlike the vaccine resistant group, of whom 55% are Republican or Republican leaning independents. Just 21% of that group are Democrats or Democratic leaning independents.
The Kaiser poll points to a larger problem: There isn't going to be a single ideological message that appeals to a majority of the vaccine hesitant group. They're of all political stripes.
I know this is hard for you to understand...but there are degrees involved in surveys. You know, VERY Likely, Somewhat Likely, Neutral, Somewhat Unlikely, VERY unlikely.
Combined, the HESITANT and the RESISTANT group make up the side of the scale that is anti-vaccine (to one degree or another). This is your negative bucket. These are all of the respondents who will not or may not get the vaccine. Both groups are "resisting" getting vaccinated today. Read...the...study.
Yes, Republicans lead the WILL NOT category. But you couple that with 41% Democrats who are likely not to/hesitant and the 20% unregistered/independents, you have a different story.
Thus CNN's conclusion (your source for all truth and knowledge) summation: The hesitant group (the group you COULD persuade to get the vaccines) is primarily NOT Republicans and it is the LARGER group. And thus,
There isn't going to be a single ideological message that appeals to a majority of the vaccine hesitant group. They're of all political stripes.
They're of all political stripes.
But you and Tiblio keep banging the drum that the people not getting the vaccines are all Republicans. It's a stupid, unfounded premise. But hey...that's how you two roll.