[GunRunner]

This is not debatable.

Ha! Of course it's debatable. You honestly expect people to believe that all eight of those polling companies are in on a conspiracy to have Sarah poll a distant third? Is Karl Rove paying them or something?

Nice try.

[DJ MacWoW]

Polls favor whoever paid for them. Questions can be asked in such a manner to elicit a specific response.

Public polls are meant to influence and are very different than internal polling. And FReepers know that.

[Windflier]

Ha! Of course it's debatable. You honestly expect people to believe that all eight of those polling companies are in on a conspiracy to have Sarah poll a distant third?

Try responding to the statement I made, rather than your own train of thought.

Bottom line: take all of the polling data you see with a generous grain of salt. Don't rely on that data as your sole source of information to gauge voter sentiment. Polls should be just one of several metrics you use to take the pulse of the public.

Time and time again, they've proven to be unreliable for the purpose of predicting winners and losers this early in a primary. That said, they are VERY useful for the purpose of steering voters' perceptions of candidates.