If the margin of victory for Kerry is ten percentage points or more

[theophilus]

can we press for the outlawing of poll information at least two weeks before the election? I think Kerry will beat Bush and it won't be nearly as close as the polls indicate. How can we do away with these bogus polls? I think they do more harm than good. What do you think?

[freetobegay]

1. We are still a free society

Need I say more?

[theophilus]

2. Granted, but

we have new rules about not declaring winners before the polls close, etc. Can't we have rules about no bs polls either encouraging folks to not vote or to mask voter fraud and election stealing? It seems like if the polls are proven useless for their purported purpose then we should put them out of our misery.

[On the Road]

3. Yes, But Think of the Negative Consequences

a late surge by a challenger would not be picked up, and people would be left with the impression that the incumbent is safe. It would not have been good in 92, 00, or 04.

[theophilus]

4. That is a good point, but

I am positing that the polls are bogus. If that proves to be the case a late surge will probably not be reported anyway if the challenger is not corporately popular. Has there been a surge for Kerry? Is he really farther ahead than the polls show? If so then we are already at the point you describe.....Kerry's own internal polls are probably more accurate. What do they say? We could never trust the internal polls unless we knew what the campaigns actually BELIEVED.