On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 02:35:45PM -0400, SA wrote:
>> Then why do politicians study opinion polls on a minute-to-minute basis,
>> in the most minute, excruciating detail, and spend millions of dollars
>> on them?
>>
> Polls help them frame (excuse) the decisions they are going to make anyway.
> They also help to find gimmicks that can win public approval, like the dog
> poop law in the movie, Milk.
>
Yeah. In other words, because they care about public opinion.
SA