Is Public Opinion Really the Public's Opinion?

There are approximately 307 million Americans living in the United States of America, and we can gauge the ‘public opinion’ of most of them. Or can we? We talk about public opinion like it is a science, but I think it is an art– and most of it is in the interpretation of the data and the way that these data are gathered in the first place.

Gary Johnson Supporters #BlackoutCNN

In conjunction with a protest at the CNN headquarters, Johnson's campaign launched a Twitter bomb today directed towards CNN. Angry about CNN's refusal to include Gov. Gary Johnson in the polls, Johnson supporters turn to Twitter, "the most powerful" tool in the arsenal of social media networks.