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Editorial: Candidates are driven by polls, not ideas
Pollsters have become kingmakers helping outsiders reap the early rewards in 2016 presidential race
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It’s more than three months before anyone will cast a vote in the Iowa caucuses, and another month beyond that when Georgians will weigh in on who should be the nation’s 45th president. Yet the horse race is churning at full tilt with lively contests in both parties — at least in the theoretical, fantasy league version played out in the polls. According to said polling, one trend has emerged so far: The rise of the Outsiders, with all the buzz surrounding a handful of new, if not all fresh, faces.