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September 23, 2016
“This is the unpollable election,”
People don’t want to tell you who they’re for. A lot aren’t sure. A lot don’t want to be pressed."That’s exactly what I’ve seen the past few weeks in North Carolina, New Jersey, Tennessee and Minnesota. Every four years I ask people if they’ll vote, and if they have a sense of how. Every four years they tell me—assertively or shyly, confidently or tentatively. This year is different. I’ve never seen people so nervous to answer..... The most arresting sentence of the week came from a sophisticated Manhattan man friendly with all sides. I asked if he knows what he’ll do in November. “I know exactly,” he said with some spirit. “I will be one of the 40 million who will deny, the day after the election, that they voted for him. But I will.” The Year of the Reticent Voter - WSJ
Posted by gerardvanderleun at September 23, 2016 8:37 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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Not that they don't want to be considered stupid, but they are convinced they will be attacked as raaaaacist, hoooooooomophobic, sexxxxxxxist, etc.
Question: Would you answer the phone if you knew it was a pollster on the other end? Would you answer truthfully, would you spout the best line of bull you could, or just lie or refuse to answer on the grounds that pollsters can't be trusted?
Posted by: Sam L. at September 23, 2016 11:07 AM
I'd block the caller.
Posted by: ghostsniper at September 23, 2016 2:16 PM