I'm not sure if he doesn't know his role, and I'm curious how tracking polls like this try to account for the large media attention paid to the poll and its met

I'm not sure if he doesn't know his role, and I'm curious how tracking polls like this try to account for the large media attention paid to the poll and its methodology. This guy is known to stats nerds, and they've been tracking his moves and (rather mean-spiritedly) calling him "Carlton" for a while now.