How is it that in the U.S.,surveys of 1,000 are accepted as representative of the entire country?

Question

I’ve noticed most U.S. polls query around 1,000 people and sometimes even less. Somehow that qualifies for headlines like “Americans say…” or “Most Americans…” How is it acceptable that 0.0002% of the population is accepted as representative?

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Answer 1

It’s the make up adverts on tv here in the UK that get me. 76% out of 120 people surveyed etc. I’m a data analyst as a job and this just screams adding one more until they can prove their point until they hit a believable percentage.
Just the world we live in unfortunately