Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes

Opinion is ultimately determined by the feelings, and not by the intellect.

Public opinion polls are rather like children in a garden, digging things up all the time to see how they're growing.

We ought to change polls, not to follow polls.

I've learned a long time ago not to take polls too seriously.

Polls are like perfume—very nice to smell; dangerous to drink.

Polling is an art as well as a science, and the art of crafting good questions is still vital.

I have never had an interest in opinion polls. They are merely an indicator, that's all.

The media uses polls to create news stories. I think polls are just an extension of the editorial page, an excuse to get them on the front page. You can ask any question you want, get any answer you want, and then run around with that as a news story.

I don't look at polls.

I never felt comfortable with making political decisions based on whether, you know, it was the right thing to do in terms of a poll.

You can't depend on polls.

In the United States, the majority undertakes to supply a multitude of ready-made opinions for the use of individuals, who are thus relieved from the necessity of forming opinions of their own.

For 'Power of 10,' you can look at the methodology at CBS.com, it's a company called Rasmussen Reports. We poll thousands and thousands of people for each question, a real cross section of the United States.

USA Today has come out with a new survey - apparently, three out of every four people make up 75% of the population.

Polls are inaccurate in my opinion, based upon anecdotal evidence, based upon people that I know.

You may not be aware of a recent survey that showed that if the First Amendment were put to a popular vote today, it would fail by a 60% to 40% vote.

When politicians try to govern by raising a wet finger to the wind or on the basis of public opinion polling, the public gets to think that all leaders are interchangeable.

Polls are only good for dogs.

No matter what they think; they are sometimes in the right, sometimes in the wrong; their judgment is a mere lottery.

In polling, truth is what people perceive.

Polling is merely an instrument for gauging public opinion. When a President or any other leader pays attention to poll results, he is, in effect, paying attention to the views of the people.

That mysterious independent variable of political calculation, Public Opinion.

Surveys give us a way of finding out what people across the country are thinking.

I'd rather be underestimated by the polltakers than by the voters.

By choice, polls validate the media’s filtered view of the world.