Here's a couple of questions....

[Aviation Pro]

....Senator Obama will undoubtedly get a bump in the polls after the convention (hopefully in the 11-12% range, more realistically about 6-8%) so my question is the following: why does the lead shrink as the glow of the convention wears off? Is that undecided block so wishy-washy that they just can't make up their fucking minds (and stick to their decisions)? Or are they just influenced at the moment?

[FrenchieCat]

1. Polls should not be what we measure all of the time.....

We really are falling for it.

[Aviation Pro]

5. Love your graphic....

...I'm stealing it with your permission.

[FrenchieCat]

7. Go ahead....that's what I did! :)

[gateley]

2. What I never get, is that the polls seem to change DAILY, with no real

deal-breaker kind of events transpiring. :shrug:

[babylonsister]

3. I'm more and more convinced voters have nothing to do with it; the

pollsters and m$m need to keep the perception this race is tight.

[patrice]

4. With the amount of information available now, sampling COULD be reverse engineered

to get the CUSTOMER something close to what s/he needs for a given message.

[Mike Nelson]

6. It just increases the reflex to LIE

especially those "undecideds"