do polls really matter when it comes to who will win the next election?
do you think many people are influenced by what the polls taken before elections show?
The closer you look at U.S. politics the more you realize that polls, and even party candidates are just an illusion to make people believe they have some kind of say in how the country will be run. Right now the giant wall street banks "own" the governmnent. They back all the major candidates and write the laws for the government to pass.
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poll are to manipulate the people only.there hundreds of poll paid by the people who running or who backing them to get the people to vote or not to vote and hardly none of them are true. its a tool to use and the people haven't figure it out. the same people will run a poll in there area to get the people out while running a poll in there challenger area saying they have the lead to get there people not to come out.
Polls taken by highly qualified sources seem to have some relevance in the election process. The question arises are they more of a predictor or more of a factor that creates bandwagon appeal...hard to say. Pollsters claim that they maintaina statistical accuracy within the 3-5% range in terms of the results and accuracy. While that becomes a function of sample size, I would argue that people who are sampled may not always be reliable, actually vote, or not change their mind. So, at best, a poll is simply a picture of an instance in time and may actually be inaccurate by the time the results are reported. I think we can best say that a poll may be indicative of a trend or direction. WB
Only if the winner is declared from the polls. Americans have a way of disrupting the apple cart. It's our way of proclaiming our independence from the analyst and pundits who like to tell us what we think before we tell them what we think. I suppose it matters to the winner of the poll. It gives them the necessary fodder for a five o'clock sound bite.
Yes I do believe that people are influenced by the polls, unfortunately I think that may be part of the problem. I have to agree with both Wayne Brown and arb on this one because they make very good points. But I have to respectfully disagree with buffalo49 because with recent bail outs isn't it the other way around.
I do think polls matter to some degree. They help give a temperature of the current situation which at least for me is helpful in understanding the direction of the people as the election approaches.
Yes, there is a group of citizen journalists, they call themselves who are obviously very well paid or capable, they travel the world, and report daily... and have predicted the elections before they take place, including ours based on polls and polls usually coincide with how much internet spending takes place. for example, Obama by-passed just local media and spent millions, if not billions...way above and beyond that of Republicans in the elections for internet campaigns, and pro-obama impersonators, to make comments and leach off of social sites spreading the word, with the polls and money spent, the election is very well laid out and known before hand most of the time...
by J Conn 4 weeks ago
Here's a place for all the recent polling.
by John Coviello 12 years ago
Perhaps Iowa can help a candidate gain some momentum or conversely lose momentum. But in the grand scheme of things Does Iowa Really Matter to U.S. Presidential Politics? It is not a large or diverse state, and does not represent voting patterns very well. What do you think?
by Josh Ratzburg 8 years ago
How in the HELL does Donald Trump lead in the Republican primary polls?People who support him have to be trolling, right?
by ga anderson 4 years ago
Since I no longer watch any CNN coverage, I can only speak to Fox's coverage. They are taking every opportunity, or what if to predict a Trump win—against all of the polls that are saying Biden has the edge.So, what are your predictions? Are the polls right, is Pres. Trump toast? Are the polls...
by Scott Belford 3 weeks ago
I am sure many are going to disagree, but I predict Vice President Kamala Harris will win - by a lot!That is a feeling, not backed up by polling. The polling leans toward he winning - by a little as well as flipping the House and a slim chance of keeping the Senate.
by Grace Marguerite Williams 9 years ago
Who do you contend will win the 2016 United States presidency and why?
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