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It's just a thought. I put it out here for thought and comments. It does seem possible this is a piece of the puzzle on why the pollsters keep skewing polls with misleading results.

Put it into terms you have intimate knowledge of. You call on someone to buy rods to resell. You can tell them, buy more and you'll make more money on your investment. If they make more money, you're a hero. If they don't you can claim the market was down, consumer confidence was down, the markets changed None of which proves you were wrong in your advice.

But, if you ask them to buy even though the market is down, confidence is down, etc, why would they buy more inventory?

Okay, so imagine you own a polling company. All the buyers are liberal and you are supposed to provide them with poll results. Do you tell them the truth? Do you hedge what you say so they buy, or buy more, or buy again? Would you tell them their candidate is toast or let them think they are so close to winning that a few more donations would turn it around?

I don't know but it sure makes one consider the various options.