So your position is that snap polls on the internet are more accurate than real time focus group reaction tracking?
No wonder you know so much about Nigerian scammers...
Engage your brain and process simple facts:
Focus Group: A few dozen citizens, carefully selected by an even smaller group of political mavens/operatives who run the entire process in a micromanagement style.
Internet Poll: A multiple choice questionnaire open to anyone who wishes to participate via their computer or phone. Responses and participants are not tracked or monitored by the hosts, and can run into the many thousands.
If multiple voting is blocked by the hosts, such polls can be extremely illuminating, as they're a very good reflection of broad public opinion.
Small Focus Groups, on the other hand, can be easily manipulated by those managing them, as we've seen far too many times.
You bet I'll trust the anonymous opinions of thousands of people, versus those of a small hand-picked group. Any day of the week.