Avoiding Election Infection
With the election officially underway now that the first caucus happened and the first primary is about to happen--I feel like it's completely appropriate for me to conduct my own poll. Everyone's been talking about polls, examining polls, taking polls, interpreting polls, denying polls (if they're not winning in them), affirming polls (if they are), so why not get in on the act? Here's my poll questions for today, and we'll do this all by show of hands. First question: How many of you are enjoying this election season? You are just digging this whole thing. You are watching it like a train wreck about to happen. Raise your hand. Okay second question: How many of you are ready for this to be over? You've already handed in the towel, waved the white flag, given up. Raise your hand. Here's a pretty personal question, and you don't have to answer this specifically, but how many of you have already made up your mind who you would vote for? Do...