Polling - or surveying individuals to try to predict outcomes - is not new.   When George Gallup attempted to create a scientific method for polling, a new generation of polls appeared and were used to attempt to predict election outcomes.  But today, do polls actually provide accurate predictions?  Did they ever?  And, are they more apt to be used - intentionally or unintentionally - to influence voters rather than merely to gauge a voter's existing opinions?  This episode attempts to provide a review of the history of polling and what polling does today.