Inauguration day is coming up. Any last thoughts on the current reign?

[Aesir]

He stated that most (implying a majority) of people think of their congressman in a positive light. I was showing him that his assertion is probably not true, because I know a ton of people who think their congressman is useless.





Seeing as how we're currently talking about Congress....

Wow I blame my headache/tiredness for that horrible slip.

 

[adumbrodeus]

He stated that most (implying a majority) of people think of their congressman in a positive light. I was showing him that his assertion is probably not true, because I know a ton of people who think their congressman is useless.

And by the way, a sample size of 1 opinion does make a difference; a group as a whole is nothing but a bunch of individuals. There's no such thing as the "collective".

Sample size 1 vs. Congressional Re-Election rates.


Also congressional approval rates, you can check for yourself, the approval rating for congress lags significantly behind the approval rates of almost any of the individual congresspeople.