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.
clinton
Rasmussen Tracking Poll
(National)
Preoccupation with meeting bills, clearing up a debt or even retrieving access to a long-forgotten account could be mentally draining. Literal drainage could have a role to play too: or perhaps it will be waste disposal that requires attention. On an emotional level, a variation on this theme could be working what you owe to whom and how best you can bring closure to an issue that's been around too long.
chance of
winning
obama
Rasmussen Tracking Poll
(National)
Perhaps now is the time to separate yourself from your credit cards! The danger of spending what you haven't got is high. Perhaps the answer is to wait until tomorrow having asked yourself at least three times whether or not you need the items that have you seduced. You could also take care that you don't tempt someone to buy something they can't afford either.
chance of
High of 40 degrees. 30 percent chance of rain.
Sunny skies. High of 54 degrees. 30% chance of rain.
Snow. High of 42 degrees. 20% chance of snow.
Sources:
Democratic Poll: Rasmussen Daily Tracking Poll
Daily tracking results are collected via nightly telephone surveys and reported on a four-day rolling average basis. The general election sample is currently based upon interviews with 1,600 Likely Voters. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.
Horoscopes: Horoscopes.co.uk
Weather: Weather.com
Betting Lines: Intrade Prediction Markets