Unfortunately, bogus polls (I am not sure if the Newsweek poll is bogus because nobody can seem to answer the wieghting issue) can tilt an election one way or another by motivating the dispirted side. So, polls DO matter, obviously.
-T
To the dispirited, obviously. And the ignorant and the feeble-minded. They can all join DU and look silly for all I care.
I'd rather just make sure that committed voters with a brain bother to vote.