Dear Pollsters: We Get It... The Race Is Tight
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Author: Dan Sally
Created: 21 Oct, 2024
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Photo by René DeAnda on Unsplash.
In this episode of Middleweight Politics, Dan and IVN Editor Shawn Griffiths discuss former KKK Grand Wizard David Duke's puzzling endorsement of Jill Stein, Democrat Mike Bennett's slightly more puzzling opposition to election reform in his state, and how the media's obsession with polling has them spending more time discussing who's going to win the presidency than what the candidates would do in office.
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