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From: bsa@ncoast.UUCP (The WITNESS)
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Subject: Re: Author/title request
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Date: Mon, 3-Sep-84 14:50:29 EDT
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[gollum :-)]

> From: CARROLL@USC-ISIB.ARPA

>    Some years ago I read a story about a presidential election in which only
> one person voted.  Statistical sampling had advanced to the point that one
> specially chosen citizen could be questioned about many different things and
> the outcome of any contest predicted, thus saving many megabux in election
> costs.  It was a great honor to be the person chosen, even though you knew
> that about 1/2 of the country would be mad at you.  It didn't even matter
> which candidate YOU personally wanted, just how your answers reflected
> society as a whole.  The subject was hooked into a polygraph device, not
> because of fear of lying, but to help measure the exact strength of feelings
> when the verbal answers were given.  Anyone know title/author?

"Polygraph", indeed!  It was one of Asimov's Multivac stories.  I don't
remember which.

--bsa