That’s right up there with this one: “I consider it completely unimportant who in the party will vote, or how; but what is extraordinarily important is this—who will count the votes, and how.” — Joseph Stalin, as quoted in Boris Bazhanov’s memoirs, 1923
It’s unimportant who responds to polls, or how — but extremely important who counts and reports those responses, and how.
It surely is. But you’ll notice it got legs only when it tanked a Democrat.
That’s right up there with this one: “I consider it completely unimportant who in the party will vote, or how; but what is extraordinarily important is this—who will count the votes, and how.” — Joseph Stalin, as quoted in Boris Bazhanov’s memoirs, 1923
It’s unimportant who responds to polls, or how — but extremely important who counts and reports those responses, and how.