I do not think that Harry S. Truman ever put a lot of stock in polls. To be fair, the ‘science’ of polling probably was snot, pardon, was not as well-developed in his day as it is now.
But anyway, a line of his that reflects well on him and badly on many of our candidates today is:
I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell.
I have the distinct impression that candidates and officeholders today try to figure out what their constituencies want to hear and then deliver those messages.
We are not better off as a result.
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