bet you didn't know this ...

... about election polling:

*In the 1990 Nicaraguan election, polling organizations refused to share information and polls were thought of as propaganda.
*The Canadian House of Commons has debated several bills to ban the publication of political poll results during political campaigns.
*Publishing poll results immediately before an election is illegal in Brazil and France.
*While it is not illegal in Germany, the polling organizations there voluntarily restrict polling immediately prior to elections.