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What The Debt Ceiling And George Santos's Career Have In Common

FiveThirtyEight Politics

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Good or Bad Use of Polling?

Congressman George Santos said two weeks ago that he would resign if 142 people asked him to. Public policy polling subsequently pulled his district to gauge levels of support for his resignation. And 60% of voters in New York's third congressional district said that he should resign according to the poll. So is it a good or bad use of polling to say that Santos's threshold has been met for resignation?

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