The time for the US presidential election nears, and numerous polls are posted daily on Polls Boutique regarding the latest development in the presidential political race. This past week, the political polls centered on the latest development in the McCain campaign: the nomination of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as Vice President. Here’s a selection of Sarah Palin polls:

Officeshrew asks on August 29, right after the anouncement: “Sarah Palin - Good choice or bad?”

Grumpz expands on the point and asks: “Whose VP would you be most comfortable with as President?”

Gigi posts a video interview with Sarah Palin and polls to see what people thought of her answers.

Modelchaser mockingly asks whether Sarah Palin is a VPilf (and most people believe she is.)

Fiona chose to include Diddy’s video blog on her poll, and ask whether people agreed with Diddy (who’s an Obama supporter.)

Modelchaser found some old black and white photo and claims it was Sarah Palin naked. He asks whether we believe him.

Philgtaylor catches the news (on Sept. 2) that Sarah Palin’s 17 year old daughter, Bristol, is pregnant, and wonders if that says anything about Satah Palin’s vocal support of abstinence education programs (poll here).

With Bristol Palin in the spotlight, Officeshrew quotes Obama who says candidates’ families are off-limits, especially their children. She asks whether Polls Boutique users can find it in themselves to leave Palin’s family out of the discussion.

Bmccue7 polls on Sarah Palin’s opinions: Pro-life, Stem-cell research ban, and Creationism.

Johnson asks whether Troopergate, a recent controversy in Alaska involving Gov. Palin, will hurt the Republican effort.

Politicass brings a political theory to the table predicting Sarah Palin will withdraw her VP nomination in order to clear the way for McCain’s real candidate.

The most recent Sarah Palin poll, posted today, includes a video of her RNC speech, and asks the voters to evaluate her public speaking ability.

The social poll is a drastically different concept than that of the traditional opinion poll.

While both the social poll and the opinion poll try to generate or predict, a result from a controlled, specific target group, the social poll is so much more than a result shown in percentages, or a predicted outcome of an election.

The social poll is about the social interaction that can flourish around polls, around questions and answers, the building blocks of dialogue. It’s about the interaction that people instinctively create when they’re faced with questions and are voicing their opinions.

The social poll isn’t just about the bottom line. It’s also about individuals and their opinions. It’s the capability to show both the macro and the micro of a question, the individual opinion within the mass.

At Polls Boutique, we try and embrace this social interaction: on polls, on results, on a specific person’s opinion. We put it at the top of our priorities. And while we do give our users the chance to generate interesting opinion polls and results, we also get excited about each individual choice and comment, as they complicate the picture and generate something better than just a result.