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In reply to the discussion: Are POLLS reliable these days? [View all]Cosmic Kitten
(3,498 posts)But how can we be sure polling firms
are NOT trying to curry favor?
Lets put on our "business hats".
As a polling firm we want business.
We want the biggest business with the deepest pockets, right?
So, KNOWING the upcoming Presidential election
will be the most expensive ever, in part due to "Citizens United",
whose money should we seek out?
The biggest players, right?
There is NO ONE bigger than Hillary.
She has Wall st, Defense contractors, Agriculture
and more ready and willing to support her campaign.
So I am skeptical that any "business" would not compete
to earn her business. In marketing, "free samples"
go a long long way to getting the "consumer" to buy.
In other words, it seems like a missed opportunity
if they didn't each try to curry favor. Our shareholders
would be aghast if we didn't get those millions in profits.