Do you lets polls affect your voting?

Question

If a poll says your cadidate has only 3% would you still vote for him or consider it a waste?

Answer 1

Forget polls.
The only true polls are the final election.

Answer 2

It depends on the choices and for what position.

In a Democratic Presidential Primary, I know that the key number is 15%. So if my preferred candidate is close to the margin of error and has a chance at moving above 15% (say at 10%), I will probably vote for my preferred candidate. I also happen to live in an early enough state that a fourth place finish is still meaningful.

In other primaries, the question is whether I really care enough about the differences between the two main candidates. If both are equally acceptable, I will vote for my preferred candidate to let the main candidates know where I stand (in the hopes that they will take their need for my vote in reconsidering some positions). If there is a significant difference between the two main candidates, I may choose to vote for the lesser of the two evils.

One last thing, I pay more attention to exit polls than the actual pre-election numbers in Presidential Primaries. If one candidate is doing well among cross-over voters, I take a closer look at that candidate since, to win in November, it is not enough to just carry loyal members of your own party. Winning in November requires support from independents and members of the other party dissatisfied with their party's nominee.

Answer 3

No! I doubt their honesty some of the time, consider the fact that Ruppert Murdoch owns a lot of it, and except for CBS most of the media is biased in favor of the GOP, besides the purpouse of a democracy is to vote your conscience no matter what, and there can be surprises; consider the time Harry Truman beat Thomas Dewey, when Thomas Dewey was practically given the election by the nations media, had the people allowed themselves to be talked out of one of the most important presidencies who began the desegregation of the Armed Forces. Truman also was a humane but effective war president during World War II which came to an end under his watch, he helped contain Communism by weeding out communist sympathizers in government, started the Korean War which kept all of Korea from falling under Communism and why we have South Korea as an ally, helped rebuild Europe under the Marshall Plan and supported the founding of the U.N. Once regarded as an underdog president he overcome objections and low expectations after following a highly popular predecessor in Franklin Delanor Roosevelt. People make democracy work not the media or polling organizations, all I ask people is have minds of your own to get facts from unbiased sources.

Answer 4

I vote my heart and my experience of right and incorrect and not based on the way the polls point out the vogue is. I additionally do not vote according to predictions or go out ballot tips. notwithstanding if I walked in understanding an argument or a candidate have been particularly much honestly voted down, my vote should be an trustworthy indicator of what i think.

Answer 5

I don't pay much attention to polls. I do pay attention to how a candidate has voted on matters I care about. That, more than anything determines who I will vote for no matter what the polls say about them.

Answer 6

not at all is my vote wasted
I vote on the basis of individual issues, not party platforms, and I vote my conscience. A poll will be meaningless to me. All that represents is opinions, which change daily

Answer 7

If I truly believe in the credibility of the person I would surely still vote for him/her no matter what the survey says. My vote is sacred so I would not allow anyone or any survey to dictate upon my belief.

Answer 8

I've only done it once. I voted for Arnold instead of Tom McClintock. Big mistake. Never again. Voting for Fred Thompson no matter what!

Answer 9

Absolutely not..........I try to find the candidate who best fits what I think is important.......and I would vote across party lines too. In this upcoming Presidential election, so far there is no one I would vote for.

Answer 10

I would still vote for him. I don't trust polls. I've done statistics for too many years to trust polls.