More general polls reported in the media did not state the polling organization nor the basic facts about the methodology.

In the final days before an election, polling organizations report results based on the "likely voters."

The data are based on information gathered by professional polling organizations in each of the countries.

But according to polling organizations, his approval ratings are now 12 percent and falling.

"I don't think the polls count for much," said the man who, until recently, employed at least five different polling organizations.

With its stand today, the consultants' group joined polling organizations in protesting the practice.

In the period just before an election, results are published from some polling organization almost every day.

Some polling organizations wait for a respondent to volunteer that he or she knows little about a candidate.

That will not happen this time, though the election was very bad news for the polling organisations.

- The polling organisation asked the public what they were talking about during the week.