We're on the eve of a national election, a spate of bizarre polls are skewing the status quo. Horst believes they are the result of a virus he let loose at his polling firm. (I got a call of protest from Pollara Research about the similarity of the name of the firm where Horst works. I didn't even know about Pollara; I had chosen Pollera because it rhymes with cholera -- which likely nobody even got.)

Peter Mansbridge leads off the strip with this news report: "With less than a week to go in the campaign, a new poll indicates that if an election were held this instant, 20% would take up yogic flying, 12% would start Pychon's new 783-page novel, 7% would engage in sex with organically grown vegetables and 3% would attempt to clean the bathroom tiles. The rest are undecided."