Are polls valid when they support our viewpoint and invalid when they don’t?
Only if they fall in a forest with no one to read them
I don’t know if the poll is valid or not, but what is remarkable is that the results don’t seem to vary significantly in the last 24 years.
Infanticide is wrong regardless of public opinion.
Generally you can put some validity to them when they are suppressed or not publicized.
Either way, the numbers are a surprise.
No. But I think this makes it settled science. Or a consensus.
I don't mean this is a mean way. It's true that you can get usable info from polling. But most people realize that your method of selection/randomizing and the wording of the questions can be tweaked this way or that to generate predictable results.
For instance, the same group that provides a majority saying they're "pro-choice" can, with other wording, agree that abortion is murder.
The same group that says they "support Roe vs Wade" can at the same time show majorities rejecting every separate provision of Roe vs Wade.
People calling themselves pro-choice can oppose 95% of abortions (those which are not for "rape, incest, life of the mother".)
People in favor of abortion for "fetal deformity" can be against abortion for "a baby with treatable health conditions."
It all depends on whom you ask, and how you ask it.
This should not be news to anyone.
‘Are polls valid when they support our viewpoint and invalid when they don’t?’
yes, in all circumstances...