To the editor:
Ever since the last election in 2020, we have been listening to a constant flow of opinions and political polls. If you ask me, I will tell you I am tired of them, and I will ban them from the news. The constant flow of speculation for the coming election this year is at best confusing and could be considered a contributing cause of the events of Jan. 6 after the election.
The current issue is speculation of the opinions expressed regarding the Iowa caucus on Jan. 16. After every caucus or primary election, then we hear daily reports of preparation of the parties for the conventions this summer after which we receive reports of every mood change right up to the night before the election in November.
I see little reason for the constant flood of polls on every conceivable subject and political except that the money people behind the media desire to direct and steer the opinion of the public to candidate A or B. They treat the public like they are ignorant blind sheep following the leaders or lemmings running with all the rest over the edge of a cliff to their death.
There is a place for opinion polls for the development of a campaign. The truth is political polls are inherently inaccurate. On that point, much of the public believes news reports as gospel and accurate without bias.
Polls are only as good and accurate as the ones doing the polling. America is a vast and very dynamic country with an untold number of forces forming opinions at any location, from the shores to the plains to the mountains. They are like the 10 blind people asked to describe an elephant. Each perceived a potion they felt and described it as a rope, a poll, a wall and a snake.
Political polls are like calling a horse race. They announce who gets out of the starting gate first, the difficulty each horse is seeing and where they are over the course, but they still only pay the leaders that cross the finish wire first.
So it turns out all the polls are for naught unless you are endeavoring to change and direct the public opinions.
William Gerhard, Scipio