[elwoodblues]

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Hello, Mr. Strawman.

They can be paid trillions of dollars. Unless they use force, it's impossible for them to account for those who refuse to participate.

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You mean refuse to participate in polling, or refuse to participate in voting? Obviously, pollsters want to exclude those who don't vote. If you are just talking about people who vote but don't answer polls (or don't receive poll solicitations), you should be easily able to measure the impact by comparing past polls to actual election results.

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Voting but not polling. Your solution might work for something as simple as "Democrat vs Republican," but it doesn't work for unusual situations like Ron Paul.

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Do you really think that Ron Paul is that unusual??? A) He is running as a Republican; B) Even if he were running as a third-party candidate, pollsters have dealt with third party candidates in the past as well. What makes Ron Paul so special that you think makes him an anomoly in this regard?