"The impact of polls and polling on our political process continues to be one of the unexplored stories of the 2008 race, largely ignored by traditional media outlets that have grown too accustomed to the ease of offering up the latest "who's leading the horserace?" story. So HuffPost's OffTheBus has decided to launch "The Polling Project, " a wide-ranging effort to scrutinize an industry devoted to scrutinizing us.

Our aim is simple: to get a better understanding of how polling is being used across the country. We want to get to the bottom of how pollsters conduct their surveys, how they gather and build their stats, how they target who they contact, and, ultimately, how they reach their conclusions ? conclusions that often fuel the very races they are supposed to be analyzing.

We need your help. We're asking everyone to share their polling experiences with us via a simple form (linked below), telling us exactly how they have been polled. For too long, the polling industry has had the luxury of operating largely under-the-radar. The Polling Project aims to move polling from under-the-radar to under the microscope.

Here's your chance to add some light to all the poll-generated heat."

~ Arianna Huffington, November 20, 2007