Some Libertarians are blaming public opinion surveys for Ed Thompson’s defeat.Thompson ran for Governor and ended up with 10.5% of the vote.But his backers say Thompson was actually much more popular and that voters were scared off by his low poll numbers.Patty Murray has more on how polls are done and how the public uses them.
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