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We'll hear a little later from our sponsors today. Gabby and the Bradley

Foundation joining us today is Kristen Solzis Anderson,

Pulster speaker commentator, author of the selfie vote and co-founder of

Eshelon Insights. But more importantly than all of that, she is one of my very

best friends. And since we have these conversations all the time without calling

them a podcast, we thought it would be fun to record today's.

Let's dive in. Join by my bestie, Kristen Solzis Anderson. This is so much fun to get to hang out with you in like a professional setting.

I'm so excited to be on this podcast. Thank you for having me. Is Wally nearby?

Yes, he is about three feet away. He's awake. And hopefully he doesn't fall asleep because

that's when he starts making lots of noise. And for those who don't follow your daily Wally

on Kristen's Twitter account, highly recommend it brightens my day every day.

Thank you for sharing Wally with the world. Of course, the internet is dark and full of

tears. I try to inject a little bit of sunshine and lightness every day. He's an old golden

retriever who doesn't love them. Speaking of full of tears, what is the most interesting,

surprising polling data that you're seeing right now about the race? Well, there's not a lot of

fresh data. This is a totally unsatisfying answer. But most of the major highly credible pollsters

have taken a pause during the conventions. You know, sometimes there will be a couple of weeks

in between the Democrat or Republican conventions where pollsters can go in and say,

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