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 After reading Lawrence Lessig's Lesterland  (http://www.ted.com/talks/lawrence_lessig_we_the_people_and_the_republic_we_must_reclaim.html) the quote from this article does not surprise me at all https://freewordandfriendsworld.altervista.org/mystery-of-rfk-jr-polling-15-in-one-poll-and-3-in-another-is-solved-they-dont-list-him-as-an-option-and-count-him-only-if-the-person-interviewed-insists-i-vote-kennedy/  "...the New York Times confessed: they are paid by Biden Team to poll ONLY Trump Vs Biden without offering as an option either RFK Jr or Cornel West or Jill Stein who are btw all three ex Democrats, but if the person interviewed tells them “cool down, there’s also RFK Jr and vote for him” they have to count the vote for him and write besides the number count “VOL” which means Voiced Out Loud. This is the way they conduct the polls."

It seems like options many Americans would prefer are not being made available.