I have tremendous faith in polls - they have an excellent track record of accurately predicting the election results. Until the predictions fail to predict with accuracy, I would place tons of faith in the polls. Data trumps all.
I don't have a lot of faith in the accuracy of data used to compile polls. Then again, the polls that I see on a regular basis, when it's not election time, are mostly on AOL or news related and I just assume that I'm being lied to for the most part.
I've been watching the big-name polls for ages, and they do get the elections within their point spreads. Look them up - it's all public data :) They also don't have a reason to lie and a million not to - unless you watch FOX...
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