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
SurveyUSA Poll
(Pennsylvania)
You could astound a few people by behaving in a way with which they're not familiar. You could surprise yourself as well. It could be that all this is driven by romantic impulse. It is likely that the creative part of your brain is working overtime. However, it's possible also that you may have to accept that someone has slipped out of your life.
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obama
SurveyUSA Poll
(Pennsylvania)
The more superstitious side of your being may be in overdrive. Prompted possibly by an old photograph or a sharp reminder of an incident from a long time ago, you may feel driven to try to make contact with people who are no longer around. The fascination with anything that's psychic or spiritual could increase. This might also be triggered by words in a novel or an article in a newspaper.
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Windy with lots of sunshine. High 49F. Winds WNW at 20 to 30 mph. Winds could occasionally gust over 40 mph.
Areas of patchy fog early. A mix of clouds and sun in the morning giving way to a few showers during the afternoon. High 72F. Winds N at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 30%.
Sunshine in the morning giving way to clouds and a few showers during the afternoon. Thunder possible. High 56F. Winds SSE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 30%.
Democratic Poll: SurveyUSA
1,600 state of PA adults were interviewed 03/29/08 through 03/31/08. Of them, 1,405 were registered to vote. Of them, 588 were identified by SurveyUSA as Democrats likely to vote in the Democratic Primary on 05/06/08. The Pennsylvania Primary is "closed." Only registered Democrats are allowed to vote. There is no early voting. Margin of sampling error plus or minus 4.1%.
Horoscopes: Horoscopes.co.uk
Weather: Weather.com
Betting Lines: Intrade Prediction Markets