The 'poll question' is found in Matthew 16:13:

"Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?

Here are the most common results of that poll:

1.  You are John the Baptist.

2.  You are Elijah.

3.  You are Jeremiah.

4.  You are one of the other prophets.

All gratifying because all of these people were respected prophets of Israel.  But all wrong.  So much for the public opinion poll taken in Caesarea Philippi.

Now, a more intensely personal question: 

Who do YOU say that I am?

Peter answers forthrightly.  "Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God."

"The Christ" equates Jesus Christ with prophecies of a Messiah, a Savior, an Annointed One in the Old Testament.  He is not just "Jesus of Nazareth," He is the Messiah, the Savior, the Everlasting Father, the Son of the living God.

That determination is the heart of the Christian faith.  It is

A.  the Foundation of our personal faith and salvation

B.  the basis for our Christian doctrine

C.  the cornerstone of the Church.

In a so-called post-modern, post-Christian world, when Britt Hume can be openly ridiculed for suggesting that Jesus Christ offers something that Buddahism cannot, we need to be turned back to this basic, foundational truth about Jesus Christ.

"Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God."

Perhaps you acknowledge that statement as historical fact.  But, have you personally received Christ as YOUR Savior?  You can do so by faith.  (See Romans 10:9-13).