Opinion polls: Often misused but essential tool for democracy
When analysts use poll numbers as a definitive guide to public opinion even on issues people have given little thought to, they are writing fiction.
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When analysts use poll numbers as a definitive guide to public opinion even on issues people have given little thought to, they are writing fiction.
>> but richard nixon, whatever you say, that was a guy who would have been fine on the foreign policy questions. i mean, does that make you cringe? >> not really because i think it's about understanding the big picture in foreign policy. hillary clinton knew the name of every of these foreign leaders. we lost control to enemies across the middle east and she botched benghazi, so how much good did that doer? this is about larger policies. >> well, but -- you don't think t i's a threshold issue? >> i don't. this is why trump's voters are tired of the elite media being in bed with the political e...