What does “Polls Say” in an Election even mean? How are they updated? No one has ever asked me my thoughts. Who are they asking and who is actually answering?

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What does “Polls Say” in an Election even mean? How are they updated? No one has ever asked me my thoughts. Who are they asking and who is actually answering?

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I usually like to look at a poll agragator if i want to know more about the polling picture (like realclearpolitics.com, but there are others) it puts all the different polls in one place and you can usually click on a particular poll and read the actual data produced for yourself and draw your own conclusions.