Unpopular Front

Unpopular Front

Against Polling

It's 90% Bullshit

John Ganz
Aug 06, 2025
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Data. Everybody wants data. We are supposedly in an age of data. Endless numbers. Information. Well, to me it’s all garbage.

Supposedly, the way you make a successful political campaign is that you go out and you ask people what they want, and then you make your message based on that. Except …

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