10/1/12 Pollster Open Thread

This open thread is to discuss all of the day's polls -- what they tell us about the election, their methodological strengths and weaknesses, notable findings others have missed or whatever else you want to talk about. Each day's open thread will appear in the morning and remain open for 24 hours. We also encourage you to use the "favorite" button to identify the most interesting or insightful comments.

Weekend featured comment
"Too many "Romney's finished" comments and stories. It's highly unlikely that Obama maintains a 4-5 point national lead (which is indicitive of an electoral blowout) all the way to election day. The Romney national number that we're seeing now (still 44-45% after having run an ineffective, error-ridden campaign to this point) represents his true floor - the hard core anti-Obama vote. And that floor is pretty high. Romney now has to go about the business of reversing the damage from the "47%" tape. It will be very interesting to hear how he addresses it on wednesday." - ashenthorn