Or are they just a way to try to sway public opinion through a following the mob sort of psychological tactic? More of them are wrong than right in the past two national election cycles.

Most polls are BS. If you want a polling service that has a history of being accurate, check these guys out:

Rasmussen Reports

Here is a comparison of the polling results versus the actual results for the 2006 Senate races.

They also accurately predicted, within one percent point, the last two general election results. I don't think you'll find a better polling group than this.

With that said, no polling group (because of small sample size) will have impressive accuracy all the time. But Rasmussen Reports has the best record historically.

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YES WE CAN BABY! (THIS VIDEO GETS BETTER WITH EACH VIEWING)

I want to take a poll whether Polls are BS.

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"True Freedom is the Freedom to oppress others"

I think people who are polled use the opportunity to stick a finger in the eye of those, like the broadcast media, who want to use the results to suggest they know what you are going to do in an election before the results are in.

I for one applaud this tactic and encourage it!

60% of polls are made up on the fly

70% of all statestics are false. Is this one?

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"True Freedom is the Freedom to oppress others"

Statistician's Blues



They say 3 percent of the people use 5 to 6 percent of their brain

97 percent use 3 percent and the rest goes down the drain

now I don't know which one I am, but I'll bet you my last dime

99 percent think we're 3 percent 100 percent of the time

They say 64 percent of the world's statistics are made up right there on the spot

82.4 percent of the people believe them whether they are accurate statistics or not

Now I don't know what you believe but I do know there's no doubt

I need another shot of something 90 proof I got too much to think about




(C)too much to (G)think about

(C)too much to (G)figure out

stuck between hope and doubt

its too much to think about





97 percent of everything you learned in school was just bull(*)(*)(*)(*) you'll never need

81 percent of everything you got you bought to satisfy your greed

because 86 percent of the world's population links possessions to success

even though 80 percent of the wealthiest one percent of the population drinks to an alarming excess

more money more stress





84 percent of all statisticians truly hate their jobs

they say that the average bank robber lives within 20 miles of the bank that he robs

there's a little bank not far from here I've been watching now for a while

lately all I can think about is how bad I want to go out in style

Polls can also influence how one votes.

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America's Enemies Are Not Mine

All wars represent a failure of diplomacy

“I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours.” - Stephen Roberts.

People are sheep who like to flock. In public, they tend to go with the "comfortable" opinion, or lean how they think other people should perceive them. In private however, their consciences take over.

This explains why John "Lurch" Kerry lost his election. Everyone was all "rah rah rah" out in the open, but inside, it was "There's no way in hell I'm voting for this schmuck!"

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"The mods won't let you call a moron a 'moron'." --" the former, BillyBobaganoosh

I think polsters can only be honered as a means of "science" when they show the under/over.

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And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country.

And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country.