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StarfishSaver

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8. I'm as interested as interested as anyone else in how my fellow Americans are feeling
Wed Aug 7, 2019, 10:20 AM
Aug 2019

But I don't need to hear about it all day every day. And the reporting on the polls isn't presented as "here's what your fellow Americans think." It's presented as # horserace that somehow predicts the outcome of the primary races taking place months from now. And in addition, the incessant coverage helps to influence the outcome. If people are told constantly that Elizabeth Warren has 1/3 the support that Biden has, that can influence people who might want to support Warren not to vote for her because they think enough other people won't vote for her to make her "electable." If people are told over and over that Castro only has 3% support nationally, that will surely negatively impact the votes he might get in Iowa.

I'm already tired of these polls that tell us
nothing and it's only August 2019.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden

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