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This thread might go a long way to demonstrating why polls need arranging so very carefully.
Most of the pols on here are not, shall we say, so well conceived. If you don't ask the right questions, the answers will be unreliable - and if the answers aer unreliable, only an idi ot would then attempt to make sweeping conclusions from the flawed data.
Simple yes or no polls are likely the most reliable, but the question can be biased, or just misleading, so they are not often perfect!
A suggested exercise, now, might be to look back at poll questions and choices - just to see how poor they can be.
OR.. if you ask the wrong questions, you get the wrong answers!