Question

Which is NOT a criticism of polling? the wide margins of error in polls make them very poor reflections of the public's attitudes polls can be misleading if not properly constructed and conducted and should always be looked at with scrutiny polls must be used with care by leaders since they only reflect the passive belief of the public polls can distort elections by creating a "bandwagon" effect

Answer 1

Answer:

polls must be used with care by leaders since they only reflect the passive belief of the public

Explanation:

This is not a criticism of polling because it is not often that polls get critized because the leaders do not use them in the proper way and because polls express the passive belief of the public, all of the other options are important things to keep in mind when interpreting polls and when publishing them because they can create a bandwagon effect which is when people see that lots of people think in a certain way and they start to think like the majority, even if that´s not the feeling of the majority.

Answer 2

Answer: polls must be used with care by leaders since they only reflect the passive belief of the public

While it might be true that the way questions are presented to those who the poll is targeting might skew the results (and thus, these results need to be interpreted), polls usually deal with beliefs and attitudes that directly affect the poll's subject matter.