Rand on Low Poll Numbers: ‘A Mistake to Think that Polls Are Science’

‘The only poll that ultimately matters is when people vote’

CARLSON: "What are you going to do about your poll numbers? I know you're glad to be on the prime time stage and that will be an effort for you to get your views out there, but I'm looking at the progression at the way you've gone since 2014, 11 percent support now down to two percent. Why has that happened and what do you need to do to increase the numbers?"
PAUL: "The only poll that matters is when people vote. They're still very fluid. You've seen Ben Carson drop 20 points in the last three weeks. So I think people haven't made up their minds yet. We had a poll in Kentucky before the governor's race. Everybody said the Democrat would win by five, but the Republican won by eight.,13 points in the last week. So I think it's a mistake to think polls are science or that they have any accuracy at all. We should judge campaigns on a lot of different items. polling, money raised, organization. We have a great team in Iowa. we're going to surprise a lot of people."
CARLSON: "All right. Senator Rand Paul, we will look forward to hearing from you tonight. Thanks much."

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