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Originally Posted by Shaun @ Tru6

I thought it was a small sample as well Steve but checking it out, it's not people in each city, it's 1000 people all over the U.S (which is still a small sample IMHO). It's just a perception survey. Here's the methodology, I thought it was an interesting survey that, if anything, could spark serious analysis:

Results for this Gallup poll are based on telephone interviews conducted July 3-27, 2023, with a random sample of 1,015 adults, aged 18 and older, living in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia.

Each city was rated by a random half-sample of approximately 500 adults.

For results based on these samples of national adults, the margin of sampling error is ±5 percentage points at the 95% confidence level.

Each sample of national adults includes a minimum quota of 80% cellphone respondents and 20% landline respondents, with additional minimum quotas by time zone within region. Landline and cellular telephone numbers are selected using random-digit-dial methods.

In addition to sampling error, question wording and practical difficulties in conducting surveys can introduce error or bias into the findings of public opinion polls.

Weird, so they spoke to 1000+ random folks and asked "what do you think" and it's possible that none or all of the folks polled lived in any of the cities in the poll. It's just a perception poll, and no idea where the folks polled were. Kind of weird.