Democracy Quote by Harry Enten

I think polling is important because it gives a voice to the people. It gives a quantitative, independent assessment of what the public feels…

— Andrew Kohut

Polling is merely an instrument for gauging public opinion. When a president or any other leader pays attention to poll results, he is, in…

— George Gallup

Certainly polling is a tool for leadership. It's not a program for leadership. And you can abuse a tool. You can overuse it. A…

— Andrew Kohut

Polls are a snapshot in time and America - the American people - are whole people. They lead whole lives and they need us…

— Laphonza Butler

I was surprised that when you get into electoral politics how scientific the analysis was in the electorate. You can identify on a state-by-state…

— Bill Foster

I think polling is the best way of gauging public opinion - doing something that's independent, that's quantitative, that doesn't give just the loud…

— Andrew Kohut

Elections are about the voters who vote in them.

— Steve Schmidt

Electoral contests have nothing but polls, which is why people have grown so obsessed with them; we're desperate for an objective rendering of what…

— John Podhoretz

It's not opinion polls that determine the outcome of elections, it's votes in ballot boxes.

— Nicola Sturgeon

Of course, it is always nice to poll well, but if you don't get representatives elected, then what is the point?

— Marta Andreasen

Polling only works in a country without a depressed, frightened populace. Where the public trusts authorities enough to tell them the truth without fear…

— Rick Perlstein

Polling can only tell us so much. It captures a moment in time that can be sustainable or utterly fleeting. It can also be…

— Jessica Tarlov