Polls.

Polls frustrate me.

Opinion polls are usually taken from a one-sided demographic and are often made of a statistically invalid number of people.

CNN just posted their take on a recent Gallup Poll. (Which, by the way, CNN co-sponsored.)

Now, upon reviewing the article, you might say:
"Poor Dubya Bushy. He's just one big disservice to himself. America is sick of him and he's dragging the whole Republican party down with him."

Whether or not that's true depends upon what side of the fence you're leaning against...

But now for my point:

Results are based on telephone interviews with 1,003 national adults, aged 18 and older, conducted Dec. 9-11, 2005. For results based on the total sample of national adults, one can say with 95% confidence that the maximum margin of sampling error is ±3 percentage points. In addition to sampling error, question wording and practical difficulties in conducting surveys can introduce error or bias into the findings of public opinion polls.

"One can say with 95% confidence..." that's a crock of shit. No one speaks in 95%.

Since there are over 280 Million people who live in the United States, do you think that one thousand is a statiscally valid number of people to poll? Well, it's not.

And my favorite part:
"In addition to sampling error, question wording and practical difficulties in conducting surveys can introduce error or bias into the findings of public opinion polls." Translation: the pollsters can tip the scales however they want; on purpose, or by accident.

Hence why polls frustrate me.