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Godfather.Godfather. Posts: 12,504
edited October 2012 in A Moving Train
Mitt Romney opened up his biggest lead yet in a national Gallup survey, with the latest results showing the Republican nominee up 6 points over President Obama -- with less than three weeks and just one debate left on the calendar before Election Day.

The Gallup survey, which is based on a seven-day rolling average, showed Romney leading 51-45 percent. At the start of October, he was tied with Obama at 48 percent each.



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  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 23,303
    does this show post debate responses? it said it is a 7 day rolling poll. the debate was less than 48 hours ago.
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  • Godfather.Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    it shows a pattern,more and more people are starting to side with Romney...but we wont know till the fat lady sings in November.

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  • PJFAN13PJFAN13 Posts: 1,422
    For gods sake, please show the real truth here - be slightly objective... :roll:
    If you are going to make a thread stating "Romney ahead by 6 pts. batten down the hatches..." have at least the wisdom to include some other additional polls then FOX NEWS.
    Good god man...
    For those of you that want to see the entire picture, kindly look at the Real Clear Politics polls which include ALL polling data from ALL sources - not just the Republican based FOX News...
    Wow...

    http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls ... -1171.html

    (I still agree with batten down the hatches, however :lol: )
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  • fear4freedomfear4freedom Posts: 920
    PJFAN13 wrote:
    For gods sake, please show the real truth here - be slightly objective... :roll:
    If you are going to make a thread stating "Romney ahead by 6 pts. batten down the hatches..." have at least the wisdom to include some other additional polls then FOX NEWS.
    Good god man...
    For those of you that want to see the entire picture, kindly look at the Real Clear Politics polls which include ALL polling data from ALL sources - not just the Republican based FOX News...
    Wow...

    http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls ... -1171.html

    (I still agree with batten down the hatches, however :lol: )


    Hey if any poll is in Obamas favor its GALLUP.....the Obama admin and the DOJ have already went to war with them and bought them off! Romney is winning by 10 pts....in my mind!
    Theres no time like the present

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  • lukin2006lukin2006 Posts: 9,087
    Godfather. wrote:
    it shows a pattern,more and more people are starting to side with Romney...but we wont know till the fat lady sings in November.

    Godfather.

    Godfather...if your republican guy wins in November pearl jam servers might shut down or overloaded :lol::lol:.
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  • Hugh Freaking DillonHugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    maybe if the polls actually focused on how votes get allocated (the "important" states, etc), maybe they would be useful. all this shows right now is the cumulative amount of votes per party, when a candidate can have fewer votes but still win.
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  • Hugh Freaking DillonHugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    if we were to head into a situation like Bush/Gore, is there legislation in place since then to make sure the right man/party be the winner?
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  • BamaPJFanBamaPJFan Posts: 410
    Hugh Freaking Dillon wrote:
    maybe if the polls actually focused on how votes get allocated (the "important" states, etc), maybe they would be useful. all this shows right now is the cumulative amount of votes per party, when a candidate can have fewer votes but still win.

    Listed below is a link to the updated poll as of this afternoon. The lead has increased. The 'popular vote' polling is a good indicator of how the electoral college will shape up. The race is now on in states like Pennsylvania, Iowa, New Hampshire, Michigan, and Wisconsin.

    Might we see an 'October surprise' from the Obama administration? Who's up for a little military drone action in North Africa? :corn:

    http://www.gallup.com/poll/157817/elect ... omney.aspx
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  • Cliffy6745Cliffy6745 Posts: 33,841
    538 is the best place to follow for polls. There isn't a close second.

    http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/
  • BamaPJFanBamaPJFan Posts: 410
    Cliffy6745 wrote:
    538 is the best place to follow for polls. There isn't a close second.

    http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/

    Here's the latest Real Clear Politics average. Romney has taken the electoral college lead for the first time in the Real Clear average. (The Dems have a slight advantage to control the Senate with the Repubs a lead in the House of Reps.)

    Rasmussen was the most accurate poll in 2008 in predicting the closest outcome. They pretty much nailed the differential between McCain and Obama. Obama is currently polling 47% in Rasmussen with the undecided vote to be determined.

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  • dignindignin Posts: 9,336
    Cliffy6745 wrote:
    538 is the best place to follow for polls. There isn't a close second.

    http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/

    I will choose to believe (hope) in these polls. I'm not really pro Obama, more anti Romney. Fingers crossed.
  • Godfather.Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    PJFAN13 wrote:
    For gods sake, please show the real truth here - be slightly objective... :roll:
    If you are going to make a thread stating "Romney ahead by 6 pts. batten down the hatches..." have at least the wisdom to include some other additional polls then FOX NEWS.
    Good god man...
    For those of you that want to see the entire picture, kindly look at the Real Clear Politics polls which include ALL polling data from ALL sources - not just the Republican based FOX News...
    Wow...

    http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls ... -1171.html

    (I still agree with batten down the hatches, however :lol: )

    your post....reminds me of somebody :think: who ?....... :lol:
    not just the Republican based FOX News ? that's sacralidge stop it now !!!!! :lol:
    everybody knows FoX is the only reliable news source :lol:

    the numbers don't lie.

    Godfather.
  • Godfather.Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    lukin2006 wrote:
    Godfather. wrote:
    it shows a pattern,more and more people are starting to side with Romney...but we wont know till the fat lady sings in November.

    Godfather.

    Godfather...if your republican guy wins in November pearl jam servers might shut down or overloaded :lol::lol:.

    HA HA HA :lol::lol: ....yeah it could get ugly around here :lol: we're talking disasters of biblical proportions, dogs sleeping with cats..oh the horror of it all....(not that there is anything wrong with cats and dogs sleeping together)...don't wanna upset anybody :lol:

    Godfather.
  • Cliffy6745Cliffy6745 Posts: 33,841
    dignin wrote:
    Cliffy6745 wrote:
    538 is the best place to follow for polls. There isn't a close second.

    http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/

    I will choose to believe (hope) in these polls. I'm not really pro Obama, more anti Romney. Fingers crossed.

    This was much different a couple weeks ago. Obama was about a 90% winner
  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,197
    Cliffy6745 wrote:
    dignin wrote:
    Cliffy6745 wrote:
    538 is the best place to follow for polls. There isn't a close second.

    http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/

    I will choose to believe (hope) in these polls. I'm not really pro Obama, more anti Romney. Fingers crossed.

    This was much different a couple weeks ago. Obama was about a 90% winner

    I said long ago this was going to be close race similiar to the 2004 race...we shall see.

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  • RFTCRFTC Posts: 723
    note, i copied and pasted from my post on another/similar thread, too lazy to reiterate.

    not overly worried about gallup poll, do a lil research and see how gallups' natl polls shit the bed in 2008. guess what, gallup does not poll young people, i.e. college students, recent college grads. obama owns this base, and he will own this base in 2012.

    ya know why this base is not in ANY poll? cell phones, and multiple addresses, they are not seen or heard by pollsters but their gonna vote their ass off again this year.

    wtf you think obama won Indiana in 2008? that state is RED, but guess what, it has Purdue, U of IN, and mighty Notre Dame to pull from.

    you think Obama is just targeting campuses for the last month for no good reason?

    my hunch is this; IF obama gets the same or better turnout from swing state young americans, he wins this in the 290-300 electoral vote range.

    just my 2 cents
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  • ZosoZoso Posts: 6,425
    things have turned in a month since obama had a slim advantage.. but I'd say overall it's very tight. I fear we are going to have george bush the 3rd in office in a few months.
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  • Prince Of DorknessPrince Of Dorkness Posts: 3,763
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  • Prince Of DorknessPrince Of Dorkness Posts: 3,763
    While I realize that threads like this are just desperate attempts at riling up the members here, it seems not a bad time to post these Nate Silver graphics.

    While they were pointed to with Glee a few days ago, suddenly people on the right are putting all their stock in a single poll from Gallup that pretty much everyone says is questionable. While I have said all along that polls are seldom 100% accurate because of countless factors, Nate Silver is pretty much the most respected poll aggregator who has been able to parse data and extrapolate the meaning from it.

    And these are what he posted today. It should be noted that he hasn't included any polls taken after the second debate.

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  • BamaPJFanBamaPJFan Posts: 410
    Prince Of Dorkness wrote:
    While I realize that threads like this are just desperate attempts at riling up the members here, it seems not a bad time to post these Nate Silver graphics.

    While they were pointed to with Glee a few days ago, suddenly people on the right are putting all their stock in a single poll from Gallup that pretty much everyone says is questionable. While I have said all along that polls are seldom 100% accurate because of countless factors, Nate Silver is pretty much the most respected poll aggregator who has been able to parse data and extrapolate the meaning from it.

    And these are what he posted today. It should be noted that he hasn't included any polls taken after the second debate.

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    Nate Silver "pretty much the most respected poll aggregator"? Says who? The NYT? MSNBC?

    Gallup has a really strong track record for correctly picking the winner of the race with their final polls. Obama could be ahead in Gallup two weeks from now and I bet the libs would be dancing in the streets.

    http://www.gallup.com/poll/9442/electio ... tions.aspx
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  • brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 42,090
    I forget now- is this Romney/Obama thread #10 or #11?

    Polls- there all over the place. In any case, for heavens sake, don't vote based on some dumb poll.
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