NewsDo polls reveal God's honest truth about American religion? No, but they still count by Cathy Lynn Grossman August 10, 2015ShareShare on TwitterShare on FacebookEmail to a friendPrint c. 2015 Religion News Service (RNS) The uses—and abuses—of public opinion polling made headlines last week after Fox News claimed it relied on surveys to select ten of 17 Republican presidential candidates for its prime-time nationally televised debate. Pundits howled and poll jargon flooded the media.