Polling cannot be trusted in this day and age what with call display and other factors . When a large part of the population refuses to participate how can one get an accurate picture ?
Other factors like not listening. Example: I was a willing participant in phone surveys with one company whose name now escapes me. One day they called while my family and I were eating dinner. I politely informed them it was a bad time for it but to call back. They asked me when the best hours to call were and I told them between noon and 5PM and anytime after 7PM. Well, after that all their fucking calls came between 5Pm and 7PM. Needless to say, I don't do their surveys anymore.
Kind'a reminded me of the last time I ever went to a McDonalds. Ordered a cheeseburger with just mustard and ketchup and they handed me a cheese-less burger with with pickles and onions sans the ketchup and mustard. Literally the
exact opposite of what I ordered. I mean never mind the condiment screw up, who the fuck orders a cheeseburger minus the cheese?
The idiot at McDonalds was probably the same idiot now working at the survey company who interpreted 'anytime other than between 5-7pm' to mean only call between 5-7PM.