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    Polls, Polls, Polls

    Posted:
    04/16/08

    Read, interpret, and invest in these numbers at your own peril. My take is that the race between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton remains ever-fluid, and that, at best, the aggregate polls represent two-or-three-day-old trends. In other words, they show something that may or may not be accurate by the time you actually see them. That said, they're the only booze in the liquor cabinet, so, like the incurable lushes we are, we drink them up just the same.

    The first batch of numbers comes to us from the latest LA Times/Bloomberg findings:

    Pennsylvania

    Clinton 46
    Obama 41

    North Carolina

    Obama 47
    Clinton 34

    Indiana

    Obama 40
    Clinton 35
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    Sticking with the state of Pennsylvania for a moment, here's what Rasmussen's tea leaves say:

    Clinton 50
    Obama 41

    Survey USA, a polling institution badly in need of a new web designer, sees:

    Cinton 54
    Obama 40

    Strategic Vision, winner of the coolest name for a P.R. firm, has the Keystone State leaning:

    Clinton 49
    Obama 40

    And Quinnipiac puts the race a bit more in line with the LA Times:

    Clinton 50
    Obama 44

    Now, on to the less meaningful national snap shots.

    Gallup's latest shows:

    Obama 51
    Clinton 40

    Rasmussen:

    Obama 50
    Clinton 41

    ABC/WaPo:

    Obama 51
    Clinton 41

    The ever unreliable Zogby (with Reuters providing cover):

    Obama 51
    Clinton 38

    Alright, now that you have all this information, crumple it up and throw it in the bin. Today's mood should be ready for viewing in, say, two or three days. By then it will be stale, and available at half-price.


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