Mark Blumenthal, Polling Expert, Answers Your Questions (LIVE Q&A)

With Barack Obama's reelection announcement and the ever more frequent public statements from Republican primary contenders, the 2012 election cycle is beginning to kick into action. As with every cycle, there will be a large quantity of polls using a wide variety of methodologies questioning the public on almost every election related topic imaginable.

Mark Blumenthal, the senior polling editor at the Huffington Post, will be helping election watchers sort through all of these polls. Blumenthal has worked in the political polling business for more than 20 years, conducting and analyzing political polls and focus groups for Democratic candidates and market research surveys for major corporations. He also founded Pollster.com, a polling website acquired by the Huffington Post in July 2010, and served as a polling analyst at the National Journal.

Today, from 2:30 to 3:30 EST, Mark will be answering your questions about polling. If you want to ask Mark a question, leave a comment below or tweet your question under the hashtag #pollchat.

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Mark Blumenthal Q&A