Why are we so sure this poll excludes the independent cities? Simply because the editor's note did not laboriously list them? I don't think so. And when the poll was conducted, if someone said they were from Alexandria, the poll would exclude them, when purporting to poll NOVA? Really? Please connect the dots guys. It seems ludicrous to me. Sure maybe the pollsters are nutters, but you guys will need a smoking gun to make your case here, like some admission from them that that is exactly what they did, because they are in fact nuts. Thank you.
It doesn't explain the inclusion on rural areas in the Maryland part.
