Polls and Voter Decisions

Professor William Adams discusses the role of the polls and campaigns. He thinks that journalist’s use of polls is dangerous. He explains it like this. A citizen likesa particular candidate, however, if they keep seeing polls concerning that candidate showing that he is not viable then they will not vote for him. This is because people do not want to vote for a loser and waste that vote. This is an interesting political theory that needs further investigate. It does make sense from a political scientist perspective and it would be interesting to research if people change their vote based on the poll results.