Assertion: poll | /r/CapableOf | influence the behavior of electors
Facets:
value: by providing information about voting intentions
type: MANNER
value: sometimes
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: By providing information about voting intentions, opinion polls can sometimes influence the behavior of electors, and in his book The Broken Compass, Peter Hitchens asserts that opinion polls are actually a device for influencing public opinion.