Polls as of 10-8-2012

**~BigTymer~** · 10-08-12, 07:05 PM

**WickedTribe** · 10-08-12, 07:14 PM

You don't believe that they exist?

**~BigTymer~** · 10-08-12, 07:20 PM

Originally Posted by WickedTribe

You don't believe that they exist?

I think the numbers are flawed. Over sampling of Dems & Repubs etc... So I pay no mind...BUT Rasmussen was dead on last time.

**WickedTribe** · 10-08-12, 07:35 PM

Originally Posted by ~BigTymer~

I think the numbers are flawed. Over sampling of Dems & Repubs etc... So I pay no mind...BUT Rasmussen was dead on last time.

So... you do or don't believe in polls?

**~BigTymer~** · 10-08-12, 07:36 PM

Originally Posted by WickedTribe

So... you do or don't believe in polls?

I don't but was just saying...I noticed a lot of comments about recent polls so I thought it was worth throwing it out there.

**WickedTribe** · 10-08-12, 07:38 PM

Ah, ok, so you posted it, but you consider it worthless. Now I understand.

**Fovezer** · 10-08-12, 08:32 PM

Originally Posted by ~BigTymer~

I think the numbers are flawed. Over sampling of Dems & Repubs etc... So I pay no mind...BUT Rasmussen was dead on last time.

That Rasmussen poll moved +2 towards Obama today and Rasmussen was the worst pollster in 2010, FYI. It had a huge GOP house effect.
Rasmussen Polls Were Biased and Inaccurate; Quinnipiac, SurveyUSA Performed Strongly - NYTimes.com

I see you left out Gallup with Obama +5.
Gallup Presidential Election Trial Heat Results: Barack Obama vs. Mitt Romney

And although the polls have definitely tightened, most are still showing Obama leads in the swing states. The Pew poll today was actually the only bad poll for Obama, all the other ones were decent. So while the race has tightened, I don't think the likely outcome has at all.