Influences affect human beings everywhere; from the “cool kids” wanting you to do something you're not comfortable with, to voicing your opinion within a political poll. …show more content…
Polls can be rigged and represent false data to try and woe the voters into a new opinion. Many people in this last election had very set opinions and dislike the opposing candidate immensely. “Nevertheless, many observers maintained that Trump had little chance at winning the Republican nomination, much less the presidency.” “Such predictions proved misguided. As the presidential primaries unfolded throughout 2016, Trump won contest after contest, eventually building an insurmountable lead on his way to becoming the Republican nominee” (“Political Polls”). This can show the lack of countability within polls as they can provide false data. Many people after the election reported to be true republican for Trump ,or true Democratic for Clinton. These people reported to be to ashamed of who they were wanting and voting for so they falsely voted until it came down to the real event where they provided their real opinion. Political polls with strong influence of polls can actually alter a person's view and opinion and achieve them to vote towards items they were not following. Evidence of this lies within theories pondered during 1993. “These hypotheses were tested during experiments conducted during the 1992 U.S. presidential election and the 1993 New York City mayoral election. The results demonstrate that political polls do alter voting behavior” (Morwitz). This shows how even back then people's views were being changed and altered ,but unlike back then now we have the internet which pushes a heavy influence on our today's voters. Polls may have some flaws and quirks but they provide a helpful idea of how the county is feeling about each candidate and them expressing their opinion towards that said