text: why do people rely on polls when people like me stay away from them? cnn tells of bush's rating in the polls daily. my family and i can't stand cnn, abc, nbc, abc, and all left wing media. we don't vote in those polls so where are the true answers? most polls are targeted towards people to get the answer they want.  furthermore, the actual questions are skewed towards the answers they want.  when you hear, "a poll shows that u.s. troops think they should leave iraq."  the question may very well be, "when do you feel you should leave iraq?  a) 1 year  b) 5 years  c) never.  90% of the media are democrats.    it only takes 1000 people to make a "legitimate poll".