It makes one wonder about the validity of these polls when I have never been a part of one, and neither has anyone I know. Any one individual's chance of selection is very, very small, given the number of phones out there. But random sampling works. We've seen very clearly that people take the stock markets gyrations in stride. Consumer confidence barely budges with market swings.
People know the markets are flighty.
All are still looking good, so the economy seems essentially off the table for this election. Do you believe that polls have a sort of feedback effect. I see very strong evidence to the contrary, Brent. Bush had a mighty lead early this year. Then he got bloodied in the primaries and voter preferences moved toward Gore.