They do a lot of unscientific polling. Often the questions are slanted to try to produce the results they want or to presuade the answerer to a particular point of view. They are fond of two part questions to be answered yes or no. There is no way to say that you agree with one part and disagree with the other. They also do some serious polling to see which candidate would do better.
Professional public opinion polling organizations, such as the Gallop Poll, would have on staff positions called Public Opinion Polling Specialists. Another title might be Public Opinion Analysts. They would most likely be supervised by Public Opinion Polling Managers or Supervisors.
gathering public opinion
Modern scientific polling uses sampling to get accurate statistics on public opinion. The sample is of the public is taken to represent the opinion of the larger public. This has become a proven and accurate way of conducting polls from the public.
Gallup
George Gallup is considered the founder of modern polling. He developed innovative techniques for conducting public opinion surveys and founded the American Institute of Public Opinion, which later became the Gallup Organization. Gallup's work revolutionized the field of survey research and made polling a standard tool for measuring public opinion.
polling
They measure the public support and opinion of individual elected and potential representatives, parties and governments.They measure the public support and opinion of individual elected and potential representatives, parties and governments.They measure the public support and opinion of individual elected and potential representatives, parties and governments.They measure the public support and opinion of individual elected and potential representatives, parties and governments.They measure the public support and opinion of individual elected and potential representatives, parties and governments.They measure the public support and opinion of individual elected and potential representatives, parties and governments.They measure the public support and opinion of individual elected and potential representatives, parties and governments.They measure the public support and opinion of individual elected and potential representatives, parties and governments.They measure the public support and opinion of individual elected and potential representatives, parties and governments.They measure the public support and opinion of individual elected and potential representatives, parties and governments.They measure the public support and opinion of individual elected and potential representatives, parties and governments.
Throughout the entire campaign.
George E. Stevens has written: 'The student journalist and public opinion polling' -- subject(s): Public opinion polls
Public Policy Polling was created in 2001.
The midpoint of public opinion.
Yuhang Shi has written: 'Problems, parties, and the public' -- subject(s): Public opinion, Political parties