https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=Adrioexplain xkcd - User contributions [en]2026-04-08T12:43:27ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.30.0https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2305:_Coronavirus_Polling&diff=1918872305: Coronavirus Polling2020-05-11T20:54:02Z<p>Adrio: /* Transcript */</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2305<br />
| date = May 11, 2020<br />
| title = Coronavirus Polling<br />
| image = coronavirus_polling.png<br />
| titletext = If you want to see the polling questions we agree on MOST, you can check out Chapter 24 of my book How To, where I got the Roper Center on Public Opinion Research to help me design the world's least electable political campaign platform.<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by an ONLINE POLL. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
This comic, another comic in the [[:Category:COVID-19|series of comics]] related to the {{w|2019–20 coronavirus outbreak|2020 COVID-19 pandemic}}, compares opinion polling of COVID-19 related topics to polling of other, unrelated topics. Opinion among Americans is remarkably unisonous on necessary measures concerning the COVID-19 pandemic. To put this unanimity in perspective, polls on other topics are shown with similar high percentages of unanimity but now always on extremely uncontroversial questions like liking apple pie or Tom Hanks, or the importance of elections to democracy.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
[Caption at the top]<br />
<br />
It's hard to get people to agree on '''''anything''''' in polls.<br />
<br />
But we all agree about the coronavirus.<br />
<br />
Here's how americans feel about COVID-19, along with other topics that get similar levels of agreement for comparison.<br />
<br />
[Smaller caption]<br />
<br />
Compiled with help from HuffPost polling editor Ariel Edwards-Levy. Sources: xkcd.com/2305/sources<br />
<br />
[Left column]<br />
<br />
Recent coronavirus polls<br />
<br />
*'''86%''' say "stay-at-home orders are responsible government policies that are saving lives" rather than "an over-reaction" (ABC/Ipsos)<br />
*'''85%''' oppose reopening schools (NPR/Marist)<br />
*'''91%''' oppose resuming big sporting events (NPR/M.)<br />
*'''85%''' trust local health officials and health care workers (Axios/Ipsos)<br />
*'''93%''' are trying to maintain 6-foot distances while in public (Axios/Ipsos)<br />
*'''81%''' say Americans should continue to social distance for as long as is needed to stop the Coronavirus even if it means continued damage to the economy (Politico/Morning Consult)<br />
<br />
[Right column]<br />
<br />
Other polls<br />
<br />
*'''81%''' enjoy apple pie (HuffPost/YouGov)<br />
*'''76%''' feel positively about kittens (HuffPost/YouGov)<br />
*'''84%''' have a favorable impression of Tom Hanks (Ipsos 2018)<br />
*'''89%''' say fair elections are important to democracy (Pew)<br />
*'''86%''' feel positively toward Betty White (Ipsos 2011)<br />
*'''86%''' do not trust Kim Jong-Un to do the right thing (Pew 2019)<br />
*'''64%''' are concerned about the emergence of "murder hornets" (YouGov)<br />
{{comic discussion}}<br />
[[Category: COVID-19]]<br />
[[Category: Food]]<br />
[[Category: Bees]]<br />
[[Category: Animals]]<br />
[[Category: Comics featuring real people]]<br />
[[Category: Comics featuring politicians]]<br />
[[Category: How To]]</div>Adriohttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2305:_Coronavirus_Polling&diff=1918862305: Coronavirus Polling2020-05-11T20:53:41Z<p>Adrio: /* Transcript */</p>
<hr />
<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2305<br />
| date = May 11, 2020<br />
| title = Coronavirus Polling<br />
| image = coronavirus_polling.png<br />
| titletext = If you want to see the polling questions we agree on MOST, you can check out Chapter 24 of my book How To, where I got the Roper Center on Public Opinion Research to help me design the world's least electable political campaign platform.<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by an ONLINE POLL. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
This comic, another comic in the [[:Category:COVID-19|series of comics]] related to the {{w|2019–20 coronavirus outbreak|2020 COVID-19 pandemic}}, compares opinion polling of COVID-19 related topics to polling of other, unrelated topics. Opinion among Americans is remarkably unisonous on necessary measures concerning the COVID-19 pandemic. To put this unanimity in perspective, polls on other topics are shown with similar high percentages of unanimity but now always on extremely uncontroversial questions like liking apple pie or Tom Hanks, or the importance of elections to democracy.<br />
<br />
==Transcript==<br />
[Caption at the top]<br />
<br />
It's hard to get people to agree on '''''anything''''' in polls.<br />
<br />
But we all agree about the coronavirus.<br />
<br />
Here's how americans feel about COVID-19, along with other topics that get similar levels of agreement for comparison.<br />
<br />
[Smaller caption]<br />
<br />
Compiled with help from HuffPost polling editor Ariel Edwards-Levy. Sources: xkcd.com/2305/sources<br />
<br />
[Left column]<br />
<br />
Recent coronavirus polls<br />
<br />
*'''86%''' say "stay-at-home orders are responsible government policies that are saving lives" rather than "an over-reaction" (ABC/Ipsos)<br />
*'''85%''' oppose reopening schools (NPR/Marist)<br />
*'''91%''' oppose resuming big sporting events (NPR/M.)<br />
*'''85%''' trust local health officials and health care workers (Axios/Ipsos)<br />
*'''93%''' are trying to maintain 6-foot distances while in public (Axios/Ipsos)<br />
*'''81%''' say Americans should continue to social distance for as long as is needed to stop the Coronavirus even if it means continued damage to the economy (Politico/Morning Consult)<br />
<br />
[Right column]<br />
<br />
Other polls<br />
<br />
*'''81%''' enjoy apple pie (HuffPost/YouGov)<br />
*'''76%''' feel positively about kittens (HuffPost/YouGov)<br />
*'''84%''' have a favorable impression of Tom Hanks (Ipsos 2018)<br />
*'''89%''' say fair elections are important to democracy (Pew)<br />
*'''86%''' feel positively toward Betty White (Ipsos 2011)<br />
*'''86%''' do not trust Kim Jong-Un to do the right thing (Pew 2019)<br />
*'''64%''' are concerned about the emergence of "murder hornets" (YouGov)<br />
<br />
{{comic discussion}}<br />
[[Category: COVID-19]]<br />
[[Category: Food]]<br />
[[Category: Bees]]<br />
[[Category: Animals]]<br />
[[Category: Comics featuring real people]]<br />
[[Category: Comics featuring politicians]]<br />
[[Category: How To]]</div>Adriohttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2305:_Coronavirus_Polling&diff=1918852305: Coronavirus Polling2020-05-11T20:53:21Z<p>Adrio: /* Transcript */</p>
<hr />
<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2305<br />
| date = May 11, 2020<br />
| title = Coronavirus Polling<br />
| image = coronavirus_polling.png<br />
| titletext = If you want to see the polling questions we agree on MOST, you can check out Chapter 24 of my book How To, where I got the Roper Center on Public Opinion Research to help me design the world's least electable political campaign platform.<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by an ONLINE POLL. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
This comic, another comic in the [[:Category:COVID-19|series of comics]] related to the {{w|2019–20 coronavirus outbreak|2020 COVID-19 pandemic}}, compares opinion polling of COVID-19 related topics to polling of other, unrelated topics. Opinion among Americans is remarkably unisonous on necessary measures concerning the COVID-19 pandemic. To put this unanimity in perspective, polls on other topics are shown with similar high percentages of unanimity but now always on extremely uncontroversial questions like liking apple pie or Tom Hanks, or the importance of elections to democracy.<br />
<br />
==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
<br />
[Caption at the top]<br />
<br />
It's hard to get people to agree on '''''anything''''' in polls.<br />
<br />
But we all agree about the coronavirus.<br />
<br />
Here's how americans feel about COVID-19, along with other topics that get similar levels of agreement for comparison.<br />
<br />
[Smaller caption]<br />
<br />
Compiled with help from HuffPost polling editor Ariel Edwards-Levy. Sources: xkcd.com/2305/sources<br />
<br />
[Left column]<br />
<br />
Recent coronavirus polls<br />
<br />
*'''86%''' say "stay-at-home orders are responsible government policies that are saving lives" rather than "an over-reaction" (ABC/Ipsos)<br />
*'''85%''' oppose reopening schools (NPR/Marist)<br />
*'''91%''' oppose resuming big sporting events (NPR/M.)<br />
*'''85%''' trust local health officials and health care workers (Axios/Ipsos)<br />
*'''93%''' are trying to maintain 6-foot distances while in public (Axios/Ipsos)<br />
*'''81%''' say Americans should continue to social distance for as long as is needed to stop the Coronavirus even if it means continued damage to the economy (Politico/Morning Consult)<br />
<br />
[Right column]<br />
<br />
Other polls<br />
<br />
*'''81%''' enjoy apple pie (HuffPost/YouGov)<br />
*'''76%''' feel positively about kittens (HuffPost/YouGov)<br />
*'''84%''' have a favorable impression of Tom Hanks (Ipsos 2018)<br />
*'''89%''' say fair elections are important to democracy (Pew)<br />
*'''86%''' feel positively toward Betty White (Ipsos 2011)<br />
*'''86%''' do not trust Kim Jong-Un to do the right thing (Pew 2019)<br />
*'''64%''' are concerned about the emergence of "murder hornets" (YouGov)<br />
<br />
{{comic discussion}}<br />
[[Category: COVID-19]]<br />
[[Category: Food]]<br />
[[Category: Bees]]<br />
[[Category: Animals]]<br />
[[Category: Comics featuring real people]]<br />
[[Category: Comics featuring politicians]]<br />
[[Category: How To]]</div>Adrio