How do Presidential Polls work?

Tereasa Sorensen: Polls are complex, but I'll try to explain. In theory, a polling organization picks people who are representative of the group being polled, usually from 500 to 2000 people. Let's take the US presidential race as an example. The population is broken down by demographics and would include such things as age, race, income, gender, sexual orientation, religion, region, and political party preference. The results can easily be skewed by an unrepresentative sample, lack of answers offered, and how the question is asked. Consequently, it's better to look at the averages of polls than a single poll. ...Show more

Robin Marchione: I don't know.

Pasty Cobbett: It is a very complex system so I am not clear about it.

Cristopher Gavalis: They find areas that are majority democrat and then they start to call.

Indira Wassell: It is a very complex system that is heavily weighted and filtered by each polling group trying to weed out 'error' becuas! e people lie and they know it.Do a WEB search and you can find jury information.