I'm sorry to hear that, but according to the Sun Says blurb, Sheriff Joe's approval rates typically exceed 80%. This suggests to me that the New Times has poorer circulation than a dead tree, and that the people of Arizona are far smarter and better informed than the New Times' staff.
The New Times sounds like the 'crazy Aunt who lives in the attic' that makes a lot of noise but is mainly overlooked by the saner folks in the vicinity :-)
“I’m sorry to hear that, but according to the Sun Says blurb, Sheriff Joe’s approval rates typically exceed 80%. This suggests to me that the New Times has poorer circulation than a dead tree, and that the people of Arizona are far smarter and better informed than the New Times’ staff.
“The New Times sounds like the ‘crazy Aunt who lives in the attic’ that makes a lot of noise but is mainly overlooked by the saner folks in the vicinity :-)”
From what I can tell, the NEW TIMES has pretty massive circulation, actually. That 80% comes from the kind of people who are willing to participate in polls in the first place; from what I know of the typical New Times reader, their response to a phone call asking whether they’d like to answer a few survey questions is to say “No, thanks” and hang up. And of course, those people don’t vote, either, since they’re of the skeptical type who figure the game is rigged anyway - so Joe always makes it back into office by a massive margin.