I never felt comfortable with making political decisions based on whether, you know, it was the right thing to do in terms of a poll.
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When a poll is really, really out of whack with what I want to happen, I do have a tendency to disregard it.
I don't want to express my opinion about actual politics, because if I do, I have to be responsible for my decision.
Don't worry about polls, but if you do, don't admit it.
You can't depend on polls.
The poll that matters is the one that happens on Election Day.
Everybody makes personal decisions that are right for them and if you're in political life, you're used to having those analyzed.
Do you ever get the feeling that the only reason we have elections is to find out if the polls were right?
Franklin Roosevelt didn't poll, because he had great political instincts. Now we have polls; we don't need instincts. But is that a change in principle? Is it a change in principle that we use a Xerox instead of carbon paper? It's of the same order of magnitude.
The thing about American politics, as I've learned, is there is no choice.
Of course, it is always nice to poll well, but if you don't get representatives elected, then what is the point?
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