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Poll Addict Confesses
By David Brooks
Hello, my name is David, and Im a pollaholic. For the past several months I have spent inordinate amounts of time poring over election polls. A couple of times a day, I check the Web sites to see what the polling averages are. I check my Twitter feed to see the latest Gallup numbers. Ive read countless articles dissecting the flawed methodologies of polls I dont like.
And do you know what Ive learned from these hours of attention? That if the election were held today (which it wont be), then President Obama would be a bit more likely to win. At the same time, there seems to be a whiff of momentum toward Mitt Romney. Thats it. Hundreds of hours. Two banal observations.
I have wasted a large chunk of my life I will never get back. Why? Because Ive got a problem.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/23/opinion/books-poll-addict-confesses.html?_r=0
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