keywords: polls polling voter election surveys
text: Are you a  quot;likely voter quot;? In the weeks leading up to November in the US, it #8217;s abundantly clear that this is not  #8220;election season #8221; but rather  #8220;polling season #8221;; with the actual voting still some ways off, our pundits must resort to polls and surveys as an estimate of what the will of the people will be on Election Day. But just how accurate are the samples in those polls?