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I am amused that this in the classic 1955 Asimov story

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franchise_(short_story)

the protagonist is interviewed as a one-man "focus group" in lieu of a national election and one of the questions he is asked is "What do you think about the price of eggs?" and he said roughly "I have no idea, my wife does the shopping."