Sam Husseini here advocates that the Commission on Presidential Debates should rely on polls that ask voters who they favor for president, not who they would vote for if the election were being held that day. Many voters vote strategically, and do not vote for the candidate they like the best. The few public opinion polls that ask the respondent’s favorite candidate usually produce different results than polls that ask about voter intention.
Excellent point. The polls could easily use an instant runoff question that ranks the four and/or a writein from 1 to 4 or 5.
Btw, Fox doesn’t seem to include Stein. Johnson is currently 9.8 in the fab five.
Polls shouldn’t be used at all — at least not while coverage is so biased towards the duopoly. But that said, “Who would you prefer?” or “Who do you want to see in the debate?” polls might be less objectionable than the “leaner-biased” polls used to date.