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from TPM:
President Obama holds a 5.7 point lead over Mitt Romney, 47.9 percent to 42.2 percent, according to the latest IBD/TIPP daily tracking poll released Sunday. That represents an improvement from Friday, when Obama held a two-point lead over Romney in the same poll.
The poll sampled 913 likely voters between Oct. 15 - 20 and has a margin of error of +/- 3.5 percentage points.
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/ibd-tipp-poll-obama-expands-lead-over-romney
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IBD/TIPP 2012 Presidential Election
Daily Tracking Poll
Day 13: Oct. 21, 2012
Obama: +5.7
Obama 47.9% | Romney 42.2%
Obama has opened up a 6-point lead over Romney in our latest poll, his largest lead yet.
Some 8.1% of those polled said they were not sure whom they would vote for, also the largest percentage yet.
Obamas lead seemed to build after the second debate, which many mainstream media pundits believe Obama won.
Self-described moderates now prefer Obama over Romney by 22 points, the second largest margin since we began polling.
Obama holds a hefty 35-point lead among urban dwellers, and a comfortable 5-point lead in the suburbs.
read: http://news.investors.com/special-report/508415-ibdtipp-poll.aspx
BumRushDaShow
(129,624 posts)Keep 'em coming!!
K&R
Liberalynn
(7,549 posts)and making me smile! Happy to kick!
Tribetime
(4,711 posts)after the latest debate , blunders.. the usual rmoney....can't believe people are that stupid or is it the media trying to make us believe we are?
David Zephyr
(22,785 posts)Thanks!
pkdu
(3,977 posts)Many so called Pollsters will have some 'Splainin to do come Nov 7th
RBInMaine
(13,570 posts)cthulu2016
(10,960 posts)I don't know why IBD is so screwed up, but it is. A week or two ago they had a pro-Romney result that was wildly out of line. Today they have a good poll for Obama, but with Obama trailing in the South region by only 1%, which doesn't seem credible. They just seem to have an erratic method, somehow.
But even if a poll is flawed, up is better than down. It is at least mildly indicative of diretcion
bigtree
(86,006 posts). . . but, I think the make-up of Gallup's is well documented here. That's what I think accounts for differences in polls, more than most anything else. There's also a process of analyzing results which can skew polls. Some include things like internet polling and the like. Someone else, though, will have to speak to this one. Maybe Josh Marshall can help flesh it out for you in an email or something.
imgbitepolitic
(179 posts)Accurate poll in 2008 and 2004.
bigtree
(86,006 posts)Sebass1271
(2,332 posts)Or they are like Gallup?
bigtree
(86,006 posts). . . to tell you which poll is 'reliable?'
Sebass1271
(2,332 posts)Musa members seem to be knowledgeable in what their opinions and facts are.
David Zephyr
(22,785 posts).