Keep trying to pretend this is "biased" tho.
A poll can't be biased. It's an accurate depiction of who they polled. I'm saying the sample is non-scientific, as even the economic admits up front. Why can't you?
There are big enough holes in this poll where its just enough to make it a non-issue.
1) The poll was non-scientific. They sent out a survey to a couple thousand people and it was up to the person to participate.
2) To further skew the polling data, they sent it out to NBER members - which is a respected organization, sure, but based in academia nonetheless. And academia is leftist, also as the economist points out in its own article.
3) For instance, out of 141 respondents, just fourteen replied that identified themselves as a republican. 14. 10%.
National Party ID (as tracked by Rasmussen) is 34% Republican, 38% Democrat, and 27% independent..
This compares with, in this sample, 10% Republican, 45% Democrat, and 45% independent.
Now imagine if this sample was applied to real life.
-Democrats would have 4.5x as many voters as republicans.
-Independents would have 4.5x as many voters as registered republicans (splitting even, it'd mean democrats would win elections by 70/30 - when's the last time that happened?)
If you defend this sample you haven't passed 4th grade math.