Governing by Polls #250 By Hank Silverberg I was sitting and watching TV on Saturday when the phone rang. The lady at the other end wanted my opinion for her survey. I figured it was going to be about my spending habits as the holidays approached, or maybe they wanted to know my favorite radio station? So, I said "okay." After some basic demographic questions like age and zip code, she goes to the first real question. And from that point on I was very annoyed. It was a political candidate and issues survey about the 2023 race for Virginia's General Assembly. (Virginia State Capitol) Really? Just two weeks after the midterm elections and a year before the voting, she wants to know who I favor in next year's election? I didn't give the pollster a hard time. She's just doing her job. But if I could find who was conducting that survey, they would get a piece of my mind. Sure, the Virgnia General Assembly goes back into sessio