Poll Thoughts

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Poll Thoughts

 

Now that the General Election season is in full swing, it’s time to look at some polls. There are four new national polls out, from CBS News/NYT, NPR, FOX News, and Rasmussen. Taken at face value, their results are as follows:

CBS News: Obama 46%, Romney 47%

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57475191/cbs-news-new-york-times-poll-7-18-12/?tag=contentMain;contentBody

NPR: Obama 47%, Romney 45%

http://www.npr.org/news/polls/npr.pdf

FOX News: Obama 45%, Romney 41%

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/interactive/2012/07/18/fox-news-poll-37-voters-say-are-better-off-than-four-years-ago/

Rasmussen: Obama 46%, Romney 47%

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/daily_presidential_tracking_poll

The polls all show a close race within the margin of error. But there’s an interesting point of methodology here. Here are the political demographic weights of those polls: read more http://wizbangblog.com/2012/07/19/poll-thoughts/