John G. Diefenbaker Quotes

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

If you believe these polls, you're making a mistake.

I don't put a lot of stock into polls.

I don't put too much stock in polls.

Early polls mean nothing.

I have never seen a poll elect anyone

National polls basically always misinterpret the final outcome or mis-predict the final outcome.

You cannot be driven by the polls. The polls change all the time; they're easily manipulated by whoever wants to ask those poll questions; they go up; they go down.

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

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

I don't believe in the polls. I try to concentrate on the day of elections.

I believe that the polling data that shows people give Obama 53% approval, I happen to think the polls are right. I just think people are not being honest with the pollster.

I'm a believer in the polls, by the way. Rarely do you see a poll that's very far off.

Polls are frequently taken to try to tease out or determine likely directions and trends, but once taken, they belong to the past, requiring that new polls be taken.

I think we can spend too much time worrying about polls.

If I worried about pollsters, I wouldn't be president.

Polls are not the instruments of the mob. They offer the prospect of leadership wedded to a finely calibrated measurement of opinion.

The last thing you want to do is read the latest poll and then make policy.

The problem with polls lies not in turning the heads of voters but in destroying what little spine remains in politicians.... We've created a nation of office seekers and officeholders who operate like wind socks.

Forget the polls and remember the people.

Our leaders now are entirely spooked by polls.

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

We don't base our opinions on the Gallup Poll.

This is a democracy, not a dictatorship. Polls give candidates a method to find out what voters want.

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