I cannot be the only politician in Washington, D.C. who has had enough of polls. Numbers go up, numbers go down. It’s about time that pollsters looked for work elsewhere.
My case in point is a recent poll which shows John McCain even with me in a national poll. The only problem there is that Americans don’t vote nationally. We vote in neighborhoods, then state-by-state, so a national vote total, even in a poll is meaningless.
Ask Al Gore what he thinks about winning the popular vote over George W. Bush. Gore did alright. Nobel. Oscar. Emmy. Bush? Worst. President. Ever.
Polls don’t tell the real story. For example, most polls show that I’m closing the gap on Senator Clinton in Pennsylvania. In reality, I’ll get beat pretty badly there. Too many white folks. We’ve already started to tone down the expectations. Indiana is up for grabs but North Carolina is mine for the taking. If you believe the polls.
Once I’m President I’ll ask congress to forbid polls within six months of an election. Let the voters decide on their own who to elect. Within six months of any election, federal, state or local, no polling.
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