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	Name:	MartiniMan -
	Subject:	I could be wrong
	Date:	11/4/2008 7:23:30 AM

What bothers me about polling today is not just the number of them but how they are used. Instead of reporting the news, the mainstream media uses polls to make the news. I just hate that because polls can be easily manipulated. For example, did you know this year that on average 80% of those initially contacted refused to answer (mostly as a result of caller id)? In Florida in 2000 exit polls were used to dampen voter turnout in the Panhandle which created the debacle (i.e., it would not happen if Bush was solidly ahead in Florida). I also think polls today cannot be relied upon because they have no models to accurately portray turnout.