Most Election will contain Opinion Poll and Survey. Similarly Election 2009 will also consist of Openion Polls and Surveys. Opinion Poll is the collection of opinion of the public people.
Survey is the process of collection details from people. So a small number of people will be considered for survey. By analysing this survey result the trend is calculated.
Opinion poll result is also calculated by collecting opinion from a small set of people. This opinion is then examined to find opinion poll results.
Some websites and popular TV channels conducts opinion poll and surveys. They will collect information from their viewers by sms or by contacting them directly or by email.
These terms comes up with association with Elections. So in 2009 there are so many elections. So for Elections 2009, there will be this types of surveys and polls conducted by different medias.
The result of such openion polls and surveys can be accurate or can be wrong. In an election people desides by vote, not media. So the result can also be wrong.
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