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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (359576)	4/15/2010 10:05:20 AM
From: bruwin	Respond to of 793834

Thanks for that Nadine. I probably didn’t quite word my post correctly in order to get across what I was trying to convey. I suspect it does happen that when a pollster is looking for a particular answer or response, then the questions asked will most likely elicit that desired response based on how those questions are worded and/or constructed. It could also happen that another pollster will phrase and/or construct their questions differently and get a different response for what appears to be the same enquiry. With regard to “who was questioned”, I once again suspect that if a liberal orientated pollster wanted answers that would support a liberal cause, then the pollster would most likely visit an area that was known to be predominantly liberal, and vice-versa for a more conservative enquiry. That could be why, for example, the outcome of an election often differs from the polls that were taken during the election process.