| We offer poll averages for the most polled political races and political questions in the United States. The purpose of our averages is to pinpoint those polls that do not actually represent the view of the sovereign in our constitutional republic, the people, and identify them as unrepresentative of actual public opinion. Polling represents a critical endeavor in a representative republic because elections occur infrequently, so the people have only a limited opportunity to directly impact government. During those periods between elections, polling helps politicians, the media and the people understand what direction the sovereign is leaning on political issues, and the perception of which direction the sovereign is leaning impacts elections themselves in that it influences the issues that will dominate and which positions on those issues will likely prevail. For example, many voters may not have a strong position on an issue and will tend to favor the majority view. Polls identify which views are majoritarian unless they are performed poorly or with a biased approach. Identifying which polls are bad or biased, therefore, represents a critical endeavor. |