Polls are mainly a way to influence people to vote certain way not show who people are actually voting for. Social proof. This will be obvious if you look at t

Polls are mainly a way to influence people to vote certain way not show who people are actually voting for. Social proof. This will be obvious if you look at the weighting and questions 'Would you vote for Obama or Trump'. Reuters/Ipsos and other outlets had to change the way they did the polls after Trump was leading.