Pool and Posobiec also pointed out that it’s a bit odd to run a story, and a poll, about two guys no one has reportedly ever heard of.
A new poll out from WPA Intelligence, affiliated with Never Back Down, aims to claim that pundits Jack Posobiec and Tim Pool have limited influence in the Republican presidential primary—but the data they obtained contradicts that intent.
Mediaite reports that "Posobiec is unknown to 72% of Americans and even less popular to Republicans, 75% of whom don’t know who he is. The same is true of Pool; 69% of Americans and 74% of Republicans have never heard of him."
However, that means that "94 million Americans (28% of entire US population) are familiar with Jack Posobiec and 104 million Americans (31% of entire US population) are familiar with Tim Pool."
https://twitter.com/TheWuhanClan/status/1737918037636919443?s=20
The survey, Mediaite reports, was intended to measure "the name recognition and trust in four right-of-center commentators: Ben Shapiro and Candace Owens (both of the Daily Wire) as well as independent podcaster Tim Pool and Human Events senior editor Jack Posobiec."
Pool pointed out that the poll, showing how big his reach actually is, made him "feel famous."
https://twitter.com/Timcast/status/1737925313131106555?s=20
He and Posobiec also pointed out that it's a bit odd to run a story, and a poll, about two guys no one has reportedly ever heard of.
https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1737930293326078427?s=20
The poll was conducted by WPA Intelligence, which is affiliated with Never Back Down, a pro-DeSantis PAC that has likely found the critique of their candidate from Pool, Posobiec and independent media to be troubling as they try to grab hold of the Trump voters in the MAGA base.
https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1737913954834481202?s=20
Chris Wilson of WPA was tapped to "lead the data efforts for Never Back Down" in March 2023, the Washington Post reports. The National Pulse reported that WPA Intelligence "was exposed for placing an article in Newsweek, promoting an anti-Trump poll without disclosing that he works directly for DeSantis’s super PAC."
Posobiec and Pool both called out DeSantis over his alleged "heightening" cowboy boots, making much hay about it on their shows and on social media. The DeSantis camp really didn't like that, as it suggested that DeSantis's ego was so big that he felt the need to disguise his height.
Pollster Richard Baris called the entire undertaking "Embarrassing and a total waste of money at this point in the campaign."
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