Why?

Can someone please explain to me why, after the Wisconsin recall was over, we had polls which showed us that up to 60% of Wisconsin voters didn't like the idea of a recall and we didn't know it?  I know it's easy to second guess the captain after the Titanic sinks, but for fuck sakes, Francis, all the political operatives we had up there and no one thought to find this out beforehand?  I mean don't you think it might have changed the strategy?  Or forced us to rethink the recall?

I'm probably being too hard, and maybe there really was no reason to suspect it, but 60% seems like a huge number to be missed.

Peace,
emaycee