The constant polling done a year and a half before the election just shows we are an OCD nation. It is the equivalent of a child asking repeatedly, “Are we there yet?” It is pointless at best. I think mostly it is just used to manipulate the processes by causing the supporters of lower polling candidates to feel defeated and to drop their candidate OR to give the power crowd a sense of their target range.
The highest polled are the ones getting news coverage right now.
Very apt analogy.
The only part of your post with which I disagree...we may have an OCD nation, but this is being fueled by an agenda driven OCD media.