Simon McGarrAs time goes on, I think there are two surveys which provide the most valuable insight into the voters of Brexit Britain and Trump’s America.
The first, from 2021:
What wild animals do you think you can beat in a fight?
As a follow-up infographic, the US survey showed the answers provided by men and women.
While there was a gap (particularly on the question of fighting a goose) the trends remained disturbingly stable.
God bless and save you, 8% of Americans who think they can defeat an elephant in a fist fight.
The second survey I think about when I try to understand our neighbours to the West is also from YouGov, in 2019.
It asked 1,732 men and women a simple question:
“Do you think if you were playing your very best tennis, you could win a point off Serena Williams?"
12% of men (and 3% of women) said they thought they could.
Taken together, this does suggest that there are 4% of American men who believe they could win a fistfight with an adult wolf but who also acknowledge they will not win a tennis point against Serena Williams.
In a way, I admire those 4% of men. (And hope they continue to never encounter a wolf).
Liam O'Sullivan
Stoneface Vimes@Liamo @Tupp_ed absolutely. Just incidentally, I used to play rugby and one fixture we had was for a team made up almost entirely of retired players from first class clubs. They were quite slow and old but we could never lay a hand on them. They were just so skilled they knew exactly what to do. If was always a jolly romp but we knew we were on a hiding to nearly nothing (they'd always let us score a try in consolation eventually).