Is It Legitimate?

Aron sprat asks questions about the use of polling in election campaigns. He says it's often used to try and scare up support by saying you could lose this m p to a protest vote. Or they do it to try and inbu confidence, like if your candidate is a confidence player,. maybe they need to think they're doing great in the poles. And the best way to do that is to have it in in the noose. But then you have to look at it, well, you know, what is the methodology for this pole? Does it actually matter in terms of the contest? What am i adding to public interest by publishing this information? Is it just a line