“Do away with the Electoral College” is the opinion poll that I decided to address for this discussion. From pollingreport.com, four polls were utilized to respond to this question, all in which, have differing statistics. One noticeable difference is the way the questions are stated, based on the organization conducting the survey. According to a 1940 article by Ghiselli, four different types of questions which force responses may be differentiated, namely, truly leading questions, unanswerable questions, questions which yield perfunctory responses, and questions which attempt to specify the situation. In one poll, electoral college and poplar vote are explained, while in others, the question is asked without offering an explanation. In this
