Beware Polling in a Hurricane

This piece for members is by David T.S. Jonas, my co-author of Spitball: The New Rules of Our Broken Politics.

When politicians try to decide where to stand on weighty political issues that require immediate action—say on impeaching the President for asking foreign leaders to investigate the families of electoral rivals—the natural urge is to conduct some polling. After all, what better way to check against your own internal assessment than surveying the collective wisdom of the people you represent?