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kelly1mm

(4,733 posts) Tue Oct 9, 2012, 01:53 PM Oct 2012

RealClearPolitics 'poll of polls' has Romney +.4 nationally.

Here is a link

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/us/general_election_romney_vs_obama-1171.html

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RealClearPolitics 'poll of polls' has Romney +.4 nationally. (Original Post) kelly1mm Oct 2012 OP

It's all based on Pew and Gallup's switch to LV ProSense Oct 2012 #1

Unrec because of the following: GoneOffShore Oct 2012 #2

Thank you! Getting tired of seeing all the links to discredited polls. nt. OldDem2012 Oct 2012 #3

Rec for discussion purposes villager Oct 2012 #4

National polls are meaningless anyway... SidDithers Oct 2012 #5

+0.4% Poiuyt Oct 2012 #6

ProSense

(116,464 posts)

1. It's all based on Pew and Gallup's switch to LV

Reply to kelly1mm (Original post)

Tue Oct 9, 2012, 01:56 PM

Oct 2012

If it's still that way at the end of the week, panic!

Nate Silver: A Great Poll for Romney, in Perspective
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021499616

GoneOffShore

(17,339 posts)

2. Unrec because of the following:

Reply to kelly1mm (Original post)

Tue Oct 9, 2012, 01:59 PM

Oct 2012

http://www.electoral-vote.com/

Obama 332 - Romney 206

http://pollyvote.forecastingprinciples.com/

Obama 51.6 % popular vote Romney 48.33%

http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/

Obama 303 Romney 236

http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/

Real Clear Politics got it pretty wrong last time

Go pour a bucket of cold water on your hair - it's on fire.

OldDem2012

(3,526 posts)

3. Thank you! Getting tired of seeing all the links to discredited polls. nt.

Reply to GoneOffShore (Reply #2)

Tue Oct 9, 2012, 02:01 PM

Oct 2012

villager

(26,001 posts)

4. Rec for discussion purposes

Reply to kelly1mm (Original post)

Tue Oct 9, 2012, 02:03 PM

Oct 2012

We don't want to be Freepers, holding our ears yelling "LA LA LA LA!" when polls bring us difficult news we need to respond to...

SidDithers

(44,228 posts)

5. National polls are meaningless anyway...

Reply to kelly1mm (Original post)

Tue Oct 9, 2012, 02:04 PM

Oct 2012

538 and electoral-vote.com both do it state-by-state with electoral votes.

http://electoral-vote.com/

http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/

Both have Obama over 300 electoral votes.

Sid

Poiuyt

(18,125 posts)

6. +0.4%

Reply to kelly1mm (Original post)

Tue Oct 9, 2012, 02:04 PM

Oct 2012

I misread your headline at first. By the polls they are tracking, it's essentially tied.

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