I wish it was true but the establishment liberals in the republican and democrat party seem oblivious until they get voted out of office. The media used to be the major factor in elections and a liberal will always get a better deal than a conservative but the public no longer trusts the editorialists who disguise themselves as journalists. The push polls might tend to favor liberals but there is a political term known as the "Wilder effect" (named after former Va. Gov. Doug Wilder) where polls showed a landslide in favor of Wilder and he lost the election. The people were afraid to say they weren't going to vote for an African American for fear of being labeled racist so the polls were skewed.