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Scott Perry: “These polls right now are not meant to reflect public…”

Featuring: Scott Perry, Republican | U.S. House, Pennsylvania, District 10

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Rep. Perry: "We want our intelligence agencies to be successful and constitutional."

Published | Video Starts at 05:44

Well, we always need to campaign like we're 20 points behind, Todd. But you know, this as well, you've been in this business a long time. These polls right now are not meant to reflect public sentiment, but to drive public sentiment. So they ask the questions, the sample size and what we call the cross tabs, how they figure out who's going to who they're going to poll, who's going to answer. (05:44–05:51)

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Claims that current polls are designed to influence rather than reflect public opinion.

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