But Mr. Cuomo, 52, is more than just a poll choice, or the payee on the checks of campaign contributors.
It's not that public attitudes have turned against choice – polling data consistently shows that roughly two-thirds of the population support a woman's right to terminate an unwanted pregnancy, with only a tiny proportion opposing abortion absolutely.
She is the second-highest-polling choice among Republicans, she has harnessed social media and if she doesn't run she will at least bring her roistering talents to the party.
In that standard telephone poll of 825 likely voters, Mr. Bush was the choice of 44percentt of those polled, Mr. Gore the choice of 42percentt.
Trump's choice of polling data to hold up his highly controversial views was in itself inflammatory.
Even minor adjustments like multiday elections, weekend rather than workday voting, and voter choice in polling sites would dramatically increase participation.
It's also why the polling averages for Senate and House generic ballots (ie, polling for congressional party choice discounting for a particular candidate) for the 2010 elections barely budged from February 2010 to October 2010.
Some countries arrive at their choice by polling an Academy-like professional organization with hundreds or thousands of members; countries with less robust film industries might have more ad-hoc groups, sometimes with as few as a dozen voters.
But ultimately, when voters stood alone in polling booths, facing the choice of where the Netherlands would have the best hope of emerging from the crisis, they placed their faith in Europe.
Writing in the weekly magazine, Mr Miliband said he saw the debates as a "crucial part" of his pitch to the electorate and would help people to make "better-informed choices" come polling day.
