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.
mccain
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obama
Practising the gentle art of persuasion could be exhausting - especially if you're trying to get round rules and regulations. Negotiations that would affect your way of living could proceed at pace - once you've got over the not so insignificant problem of someone being off sick just when you need them around. You might have to rely on your own inner voice to make a decision - which could be an exhausting process.
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97 degrees (F), 20% chance of rain. Winds SW at 10 to 15 mph.
94 degrees (F), 20% chance of rain. Winds light and variable.
87 degrees (F), 30% chance of rain. Winds SSW at 15 to 25 mph.
72 degrees (F), 0% chance of rain. Winds SSW at 5 to 10 mph.
Sources:
General Election Poll: Gallup Daily Tracking Poll
The general election results are based on combined data from June 1-June 5, 2008. For results based on this sample of 4,391 registered voters, the maximum margin of sampling error is +/-2 percentage points.
Horoscopes: horoscopes.co.uk
Weather: Weather.com
Betting Lines: Intrade Prediction Markets