“Conservatives distrust pollers and thus get underrepresented”
I always hear this and wonder why conservatives think it’s better to refuse a poll than log a vote in a poll for the conservative candidate. Every election we hear that the polls are wrong because conservatives don’t participate, but they have been right the last 2 elections.
Wouldn’t it be better to have the polls look as good as possible for your candidate? Sadly, polls do influence people. I talked to 3 family members this week who aren’t very political and were pretty positive about Trump and negative about Hillary, but are now thinking Hillary isn’t that bad because she’s winning in the polls.
Frustrating!
Honestly I think polling should be illegal for three months prior to any election, make the candidate sweat if their screwup cost them votes or not.
It would be surprising to see them less pandering to polls and having to say what they really think.