I am beginning to hate polls.  I mean literally despise them and not because they have my candidate behind.  I hate the fact that the answers of a few people are introduced as the sentiment of everyone.  It has recently occured to me that since the media manipulates and misinforms American every evening.  Why couldn't pollsters do the same?  Why couldn't polling organizations mislead and falsify information to benefit those whom they would like to see elected?  It would not be difficult, simply ask the right questions to the people that you know will answer the question the way you want.  This can be done by one of several ways, including race, age, party affiliation, and the area in which the resident resides. 

 

    For example, if I were to conduct a poll on the presidential race and I wanted to have a certain result I would fish for those results.

If I wanted Sen. Obama to do well I would poll inner city, democrat, younger, African Americans.  Of course, this would give us a completely warped result that no one would buy.  So to make it a bit more palatable I might possibly work the opposite demographics to get a better mixture.  To make the sample more acceptable.  Or in a more sinister approach, just fudge the numbers altogether.  Now, am I making an official accusation, no.  I am only offering an opinion of what would not surprise me.  I guess you could call me a conspiracy theorist, that is until the media basically "outed" itself as a liberal water carrier.  So if it could happen to the evening news that everyone has always trusted.  Why couldn't the polls be used to "wag the dog", and it seems to do that, which is why I hate the polls.