Are the poll's methods noisy or are Iowans sporting with them?

[HereSince1628]

The spread between the polls on the Iowa caucus race is at least interesting, if some (all?) are not accurate.

Which leads me to wonder if many Iowans are like my friends that live out in northwest Iowa. They enjoy the attention they get, virtually all the candidates show up on campus of a very small college. But even more they love to joke about screwing around with the pollsters on the phone.

[Nadienne]

1. I've never been polled

I'm wary of all polls, anyway. Time will tell. It's one thing to be polled; it's another to go out and caucus.

[iowapeacechief]

2. I get surveyed often...

...but it's hard to tell what is a real poll and what is disinformation or lead-in to a campaign pitch.

Yes, many of us have been known to give answers that might confound the purported pollsters.

Twice in the past week or so I have been "polled" with questions that tried to force me to choose among "the top" four or five candidates. I refused to play.