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Listening to the story about "Homespun" parties, it is now clear to me why the politicians are not paying any attention.

What she is doing is running focus groups, and doing it badly. A critical factor in measuring the views of the public is to get *representative* samples. She is just inviting whoever is in her social network, and this will ultimately be heavily biased towards her personal opinions.

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