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
Once again, your efficiency streak could be showing. Friends born under the Fire signs of Aries, Leo or Sagittarius might need your help particularly. Lively debate could be linked to a property issue. Again, the ownership of an item could come up for discussion. You might also have contact with a builder or designer who suggests a major alteration.
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obama
You could attract the limelight. However, this could leave you feeling most exposed. It's as likely that you'll be happy to let someone see that you do have a vulnerable side. This could actually be your secret weapon. As a member of a team, you could enthuse and engage others on a project that needs to be completed before the end of the month: perhaps you sense that considerable energy needs to be expended now before certain individuals are distracted.
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87 degrees (F), 10% chance of rain.
94 degrees (F), 20% chance of rain.
80 degrees (F), 30% chance of rain.
87 degrees (F), 0% chance of rain.
Sources:
General Election Poll: Gallup Daily Tracking Poll
The general-election results are based on combined data from June 25-26 and 28, 2008. For results based on this sample of 2,644 registered voters, the maximum margin of sampling error is ±2 percentage points.
Horoscopes: horoscopes.co.uk
Weather: Weather.com
Betting Lines: Intrade Prediction Markets