The Canadian trucker protests show the importance of public opinion polling to the democratic process

Societies need public opinion polls so they can develop an accurate sense of self

You have no doubt heard of the Canadian truckers who have been blocking the streets of Ottawa over the last month. They are upset that the government is mandating that they must prove they have received a vaccine for covid-19 if they are crossing the border from America. One of the larger groups of truckers blocked a highway bridge over which a quarter …