Huffpollstrology: Candidates' Horoscopes, Polls And More For March 6
Polls have come to dominate the media's horse race coverage of political campaigns. Pundits and reporters constantly use them to tell us who's hot and who's not -- but skip over the fact that plummeting response rates and variables like undecided voters and margins of error and often render these polls useless as anything other than lightweight diversions on par with horoscopes and political betting lines. Our HuffPollstrology chart helps keep you up to date on the latest poll results, along with the latest horoscope predictions, and the latest online political betting lines - and will hopefully help the polling junkies in the media keep polls in the proper perspective.
See the bottom of the entry for polling methodology.
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 clinton |
52% Rasmussen Poll (Pennsylvania) |
 SCORPIOOctober 26, 1947 You could surf a communication wave. You might even be offered chance to travel or to meet up with someone who's just returned from a long journey. Contractual obligations may be brought home - possible even requiring you to sign on the dotted line. Yet you might also sense that at last you're doing something that will secure resources. |
27.0% chance of winning |
 obama |
37% Rasmussen Poll (Pennsylvania) |
 LEOAugust 4, 1961 It's perhaps time for you to address a dietary issue. It could be that there are too many toxins in your system. Some form of water therapy might help. It could also be that the amount you are trying to achieve in a day is simply too great. It might be helpful to allow a friend, (born under Aquarius?) to help you plan your diary better. |
71.3% chance of winning |
| weather report | ||
| East |  |
Pittsburgh, PA Some sun in the morning. High of 48 degrees. Winds SW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 20%. |
| south |  |
Birmingham, AL High of 68 degrees. Winds light and variable. 10% chance of rain. |
| midwest | |
Minneapolis, MN Partly cloudy.. High of 17 degrees. Winds NW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 10%. |
| west | |
Portland, OR Intervals of clouds and sunshine. High of 64 degrees. Winds S at 5 to 10 mph. 20% chance of rain. |
Sources:
Democratic Poll: Rasmussen
This telephone survey of 690 Likely Democratic Primary Voters was conducted by Rasmussen Reports March 5, 2008. The margin of sampling error for the survey is +/- 4 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.
Horoscopes: Horoscopes.co.uk
Weather: Weather.com
Betting Lines: Intrade Prediction Markets
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