Media conducts polls and lives by polls. That's what has changed.
So is it the media that influences folks to return the results in polls we see,, or is it the polls that influence people to return the results they wish to portray as the people's? ;-)
Polls say we should not surge and both dems and repubs agree.
Polls say we should move to the center but don't really say why.
Polls are nothing more tools to sway people, not sample people and their positions, imo. They are a snapshot in time, and a fuzzy flleting one at that, in most instances.