INVALID NBC /WALL STREET POLL ON TRUMP--PURPOSEFUL OUTLIER

The recent national poll (February 17, 2016)from NBC Wall Street Journal showing Trump at 26% and Cruz at 28% has been headlined widely as an indication that Mr. Trump'S support is faltering. Examing that poll more closely you will discover that it is based on only 400 respondents. That is very low number (n) for a national poll. The pollsters also reveal that it was NOT a random sampling, but that they purposely chose respondents who claimed that they were of a "strongly conservative" bent. These facts support the idea that this particular poll is not representative of the nation's opinion and was probably not meant to be. Was it a purposeful attack at the Donald by the establishment news outlets? It seems it may have been.