Republican's Are Wrong About Tightening National Polls

Republican Punditocracy Are Wrong About Tightening National Polls Newsweek: Obama 53, McCain 41. Rasmussen: Obama 52, McCain 45. Gallup: Obama 51, McCain 44. Zogby: Obama 51, McCain 41. ABC: Obama 53, McCain 44. Battleground: Obama 49, McCain 46. TIPP: Obama 46, McCain 42. CBS: Obama 52, McCain 39. FOX: Obama 49, McCain 40. AP: Obama 44, McCain 43. AVERAGE: Obama 50.0, McCain 42.5 (Obama +7.5%). Today's Article: National Polls Not Tightening Despite Reports The Associated Press has released a poll that shows a much closer race than any other poll out ther. Now, But, the poll doesn't make sense on many levels. Here's one example: 45% of this poll's respondents are evangelicals or born-again Christians (this is on page 20 of the poll's crosstabs (it's a pdf): The problem? In 2004, evangelicals/born-again Christians made up 23% of voters. But that same group makes up 44% of likely voters in AP's poll released today. That's almost double the number - it's totally implausible. 954-394-4980