Passage Summary: A columnist argues that we should stop people from sharing poll results right before an election because polls are often wrong and can unfairly trick voters.

Conclusion: A ban on publishing election polls during the week preceding an election should be put into effect.

Reasoning: Polls are unreliable and can distort election outcomes, and their late publication prevents any rebuttal from those who disagree with the findings.

Analysis: The columnist assumes that the negative impact of polls is so great that it justifies a restriction on speech. To weaken this, we should look for an answer that suggests the ban would actually cause more harm than the polls do or that the polls provide a benefit the columnist ignored. Perhaps voters find these polls useful for strategic voting, or maybe the 'minimal' impairment of expression is actually a significant constitutional violation. In the world of political punditry, one person's 'distortion' is another person's 'data point.'