Pollster Mitch Brown to Newsmax: Public Polling Should Be Taken ‘With a Grain of Salt’

Public polling should be taken “with a grain of salt,” says GOP pollster Mitchell Brown.

“One, it’s done by a university in coordination with a news agency. So, they’re trying to save cost here. They’re not really looking that much into what they think the voter turnout will be in certain places, or just coming up with hypotheses to do so,” Brown, the director of political strategy at Cygnal, told Newsmax’s “The Chris Salcedo Show” on Thursday.

“It could be released by organizations that want to suppress vote or increase vote, or say, ‘hey, look, your candidate’s doing poorly, so it’s already over, don’t worry about voting’ or ‘hey, your candidate’s doing great, let’s bump up that enthusiasm.’