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In response to "I’m sure there are plenty bad polls but I’m not sure what the strategy would be to be intentionally bad." by Dano

Also (1) some people want to vote for the winning side. Having a poll that says a candidate is more likely to win encourages more support.

(2) the pollster might see providing validation to the party paying for the poll as more important than providing accurate data.

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