[MarkBsnr]

But here again, Is the subjective to be preferred to the objective? Is it more accurate somehow? It may be be one of a choice, perhaps a more objectively directed poll would yield different results to a degree.

Certainly, to a degree. However, there has been shrill objection to church rolls by the Presbyterians here, since they claim that the Catholic Church is padding the rolls.

The CUNY poll puts everything on the responses of the surveyees, and eliminates any influence of the church institutions and their current rolls.