Counterpoint: shadowy powers of lobbying publish the polls to manufacture consent and put pressure on politicians. Alternate tools include: * elections, e.g.

Counterpoint: shadowy powers of lobbying publish the polls to manufacture consent and put pressure on politicians. Alternate tools include: * elections, e.g. flipping control of house to party opposite the president. Numerous examples of badly and broadly worded polls exist to tell you 87% of the country agrees on XYZ. There isn’t a damn thing up for debate in the United States that 87% of the population agrees on, so that’s your first tip-off. A nuanced question garnering 56% may be more believable, but even then, stay highly skeptical of polls: poll MoE, poll audience selection, poll respondents, and poll questions. Together these all make for a house of cards.