It's getting hard to discount the trend, even if the particular figures vary from poll-to-poll.It's getting hard to discount the trend, even if the particular figures vary from poll-to-poll.We can't know if this is genuinely a trend, or if the polls simply weren't accurate (or truthful) earlier. I'm a deep skeptic regarding polls. That said, the fact remains that the most accurate polls are those taken within a couple of weeks of an election. With real results soon to become available against which their accuracy an be measured, it's around this time that polling firms begin to worry about their reputations and long-term viability.