I think the polls are close because only a certain subset of voters are in them.

Did you participate in the poll?

I ask because I didn’t. I’m not even sure how I could but can’t be bothered to figure it out, and it doesn’t seem like it means much.

I also asked my coworkers if they were in any of these polls. Out of the whole lunchroom, one old guy said he used to do them, years ago when they would call him and ask questions. But they haven’t in a long while.

So that’s a whole lunchroom not represented in the polls, and I doubt we’re the exception. But we will all be voting come November.