Time for this election year reminder:

"One of the ways in which elected representatives are curbed and
controlled is through a never-ending process of phoney elections. They
are called opinion polls. Presented as an expression of the popular
will and thus an expression of democracy itself, they serve the
opposite purpose. They are a method of control.

Opinion polls are artificial news events, easily manipulated, yet are
treated with reverence in Media World, which is not surprising
considering they are a creation of the media and a means of extending
its power."

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