Polling is utilized in politics to gauge the public’s attitude toward a person or issue and to learn what message could persuade a particular type of voter to support a particular person or issue. Polls can measure candidate viability through the ballot test question, and evaluate the effectiveness of a particular communication strategy. For instance, polling allows a representative sample of 1,000 people to share their opinions on a candidate or issue, thereby providing the researcher the ability to extrapolate such findings to the overall population.
Polling provides data on key segments of constituents of the population’s attitudes toward a particular issue in contrast to the overall population. Polling provides a vehicle