Let's see, which of these should I go with? The judgment of a conspiracy theorist or the methodology of a polling operation that has been refining its methodology for decades?

Pretty easy call, to me.

Your speculations about question format, voice inflection and who 'gathered the info' are just that, speculations...loony ones at that.

One thing we know for certain, if Gallup flipped the numbers to 60% approval you would proffer exactly none of the speculations you have raised.