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Breakaway | Feb 12, 2013 | 3:36

Ross Murray: Opinion polls

Survey says: Ross Murray doesn't like being polled. Most of us have received a call, text, email or tweet to participate in some kind of public opinion survey. In this week's column, Breakaway contributor Ross Murray finds there's more than a margin of error to sampling public opinion.

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