Object

Joey Lucas' Polling Phone Banks

Desks overrun with telephones cluster tightly in Joey Lucas' National Strategies Group war room, headsets clamped over pollsters' ears as they dial relentlessly into the night; gum snaps audibly through receivers, fueling Josh's explosive paranoia about accents and reliability, while Donna scrambles to defend the team's Midwest grit amid crumpled scripts and mounting call sheets.

2 appearances

Purpose

Executing high-volume polling calls to capture voter data under tight deadlines

Significance

Ignite Josh's unraveling distrust, exposing fractures in the campaign's outsourced polling lifeline as late-night frenzy amplifies every smacking chew and mumbled response into a crisis trigger

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

2 moments

S2E13 · Bartlet's Third State of the Union

Josh's Pollster Outburst: Gum, Accents, and Paranoia

Joey Lucas' Polling Phone Banks dominate the room as stations where pollsters like the Female Caller prep amid computers and headsets, their looming presence fueling Josh's preemptive grillings on professionalism and accents, underscoring the tactical data war room's chaotic readiness.

Before: Idle, pre-polling setup with scripts and call sheets

After: Still prepped but tension-charged from confrontation

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S2E13 · Bartlet's Third State of the Union

Donna Defuses Josh's Pollster Accent Paranoia

Desks cluttered with phone banks and headsets frame the polling team's stations, silent witnesses to Josh's yelling outburst as pollsters stand amid them; functionally central to the impending calls, they underscore the high-stakes operations Josh distrusts, heightening narrative tension around deadline precision.

Before: Clustered on overrun desks, headsets ready, idle as polling not yet started

After: Unchanged, poised for activation amid disrupted morale

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