The Washington Post is excited by a new poll of economists got up by the National Association for Business Economics. It shows, says the Post, “overwhelming support” for Hillary Clinton. “Overwhelming” might be a slight exaggeration on the Post‘s part—Clinton had 55 percent support, meaning that 45 percent of those polled (“nearly half,” as the Post might say under other circumstances) don’t support her. That 45 percent is evenly divided between Gary Johnson, Donald Trump, and the most neglected category in all of economics: “Don’t Know.”
I guess the Post thinks of this as a man-bites-dog story. Aren’t all those business types supposed to be supporting the Republican presidential candidate? But at least three points need to be made about the poll and the Post‘s evident surprise at its results. And—to quote a famous business type—I’m the only one who can do it.
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