Most organizations have a mission beyond pure research, including Scientific American, Nature, the Open Society Foundation, and nearly every think tank and news

Most organizations have a mission beyond pure research, including Scientific American, Nature, the Open Society Foundation, and nearly every think tank and newspaper. And all of them have at one point or another published something that falls under the broad category of "flawed". So with these standards you could dismiss nearly every poll or study you'd want. For the record I mostly disagree with Cato's libertarian beliefs, but I don't have such a low opinion of them that I'd think they'd outright fabricate a poll - they're a well-established think-tank with a good reputation. Is that what you think happened? Or is it the sample size of 2000 that bothers you? I agree a bigger sample is always better, but I don't see that as reason to outright discard their results.