Sunday Post #4

Political polls.
A few weeks ago, I had posted a brief description of political polls and how they were taken. I have gathered as much accurate information I could, just so I could learn more specific details of how the polls are taken.
Political poll demographics do vary. A study could range from registered voter in general or registered voters more likely to vote. It is not always accurate because a person may not be a part of the demographic population could be inadvertently participating in the poll.
The preference person to poll is a register voter who has voted in the past.
There are as few as 800 included in the polls and can be as high as 2000 per study. This can also effect polling scores, because of the amount of people could give a better or worse picture of a predicted election.
The system of polling is not 100% accurate. The purpose of polling is so candidates can find a plausible prediction in the outcome of the election. It is the closest to an election you can get to trying to predict who wins.
Political polls are generally are conducted by media outlets and private polling companies. Believe it or not there are companies that specialize in political polling to conduct the surveys.
Certain news situations can effect polls for approval ratings as well as political candidates running for office. The factors can also depend on how the order the questions are asked.
They are not always correct. There usually is a margin of error that depends on how many people taking the survey and geographical location, on how a specific population votes in an election.