I see “polls” as the state run “media’s” way of checking to see if the messages in their 20 second soundbites are getting through to the unwashed masses.
They all back slap, hand job each other on their final poll the night before the election and the attention span of the general populous doesn't see that they all tried for the longest time to sway the vote with by using "general population," "registered voters," and/or "likely voters" to skew their results.
Even RCP likes to aggregate likely and registered voter polls. Also, the sample sizes are way too small. Micro-polling is where the real info comes that the campaigns use.
Most polls are designed to get the results they want ,, I haven’t trusted them in the past and I sure as hell don’t trust them now more than ever .
Any poll that is not of likely voters is an agenda-driven poll.
Some of the newer polls definitely have problems, but firms like Gallup have a good reputation and know what they’re doing. To me, if your data is accurate, then methodology is working.
was polled by Rasmussen this morning.