[tips up]

Is it me or are these polls getting tiring? Like predicting the weather for next April. Or the preseason college football polls. Many respectable polls contradict each other. Seems like a bunch of background noise at this point...

[Tears of a Clown]

Yeah, but unfortunately the MSM gives these polls a lot of credence, and thus affect how a lot of people vote.

[Plutarch]

Is it me or are these polls getting tiring?

Well, FR is a political website, and polls are fodder for political discussion. The January 3rd Iowa caucus date is coming down on us like a screaming banshee. Have you noticed Christmas decorations at stores yet? That's how close it is.

Rasmussen released results for Thompson and Giuliani on Friday. Romney runs better than both.

Clinton 48% Giuliani 42%; Clinton 48% Thompson 42%

[JCEccles]

Many respectable polls contradict each other.

Not necessarily. Go to pollster.com and check out the charts. They combine the polls to generate single charts that yield very insightful numbers and trends.

What the combined polls are showing is a strong and significant trend of increasing support for Mitt Romney in the early state primaries. Fred Thompson's support, on the other hand peaked early and is dropping off.

Giuliani seems to have locked up a certain sector of the electorate in these states early and hasn't gained much more support over time.