Actually, liberals don’t believe this poll, since Trump happens to lead...so, no they wouldn’t believe it. But liberals don’t believe in a lot of things...and it has no impact on whether or not they are real or not.
The Dornslife poll is done by USC...its a research project as much as it is a poll - lots of students and faculty involved. I’ve never been a huge advocate of conspiracy theories, because I know how difficult it is to control information flow in organizations. If they weren’t really polling people, eventually that info would get out.
Now most of these polls are really just an echo chamber of the pollster’s turnout model. I understand that, and take them with a grain of salt - especially in a year where enthusiasm is up, and there are many newly registered voters who aren’t being polled. But that’s why I like the Dornslife methodology. Take the same group of people and keep gaging their opinion to look for movement. Whoever is ‘on top’ doesn’t matter as much as the direction of movement.
I wonder how many of those student assistants who are working with their liberal USC faculty are conservatives, or even apoliticals, who would jeopardize their future careers by speaking out against rigged polls? With the stakes being so high every 4 years, I would doubt the liberal academicians would let someone on their research team without making sure they have a similar "Ends justifies the Means" mindset. Just saying.
Pretending to call people is just one of the many ways to skew research results. I just used that as an example. More likely, slight SPSS tweaks would be much easier to hide. :-) Shades of global warming/climate change.
I do appreciate your input, though. I do like the Dornslife methodology, but overall, I still think these polls are manipulated, and in this election cycle, they are working feverishly to prop up The Queen. Follow the funding sources; that would probably speak volumes.