I have been watching these polls anxiously for months now and this is what I have learned: There will be an election Tuesday and either Obama or Romney will win it. Has anyone learned anything else?
What a waste of time.
If all the swing states come in at 52-48 or 51-49, then we'll know that the polling was right.
If they come in at 55-45 or wider, then we'll know that the polling was meant to astroturf Obama's popularity.
-PJ
Are you kidding? Tell that to the political operatives on both sides who have to have some means of making decisions regarding the allocation of their resources in order to win. Trust me, at this level, a national campaign cannot simply act on its "gut." I don't disagree that polling is never an exact science but it is incredibly useful even though all poll results should be taken with a grain of salt.
PJ, thanks for all the hard work. It has been very insightful over the weeks. Now we just get to wait a couple of days to see how right or wrong the polling community was.