>>Barring evidence to the contrary, why do you think the pollers are being dishonest?
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>One friend out of 100 tells me one of three things: some of my friends are not being open about their feeling, I only have friends that agree with me or <> who do the polls are slanting the polls the way they want them.

So, you don't accept a poll that has thousands of participants, but you do accept a "poll" consisting of your friends?

>The news media only tells the public what they want to you to know, not what the truth is.

To some extent, you're right, of course. However, based on this, how do you get your information?