Pernicious push polls pervert politics

“There are lies, damn lies and statistics,” goes the old saying. It has always been true that statistics can be presented in ways that are highly deceptive and intentionally misleading.
A Midwestern city might truthfully claim that its average temperature is a perfect 74 degrees — just like the Hawaiian Islands.  It could be technically true, except that the deviation from that temperature in the sub-tropical climate isn’t very great, while the Midwestern city might