03-06-2016, 06:26 PM
I like reading everything. In terms of polls, I think some of them are interesting, depending on the sample size and the survey methodology.
But I also think since media sources have expanded and information/news has become only a click away, 24/7....the relationship between polls and votes has become circular, to a degree. By that I mean that poll numbers/results and analyses sometimes influence which candidates less decisive and more conformist people gravitate towards and for whom they vote.
Anyway, polls are just snapshots at points in time, some more accurate than others. I am rarely surprised when poll projections turn out to be wrong.
But I also think since media sources have expanded and information/news has become only a click away, 24/7....the relationship between polls and votes has become circular, to a degree. By that I mean that poll numbers/results and analyses sometimes influence which candidates less decisive and more conformist people gravitate towards and for whom they vote.
Anyway, polls are just snapshots at points in time, some more accurate than others. I am rarely surprised when poll projections turn out to be wrong.