The basic political science course shows research that a significant number of voters will vote for who they think will win, because they want to have voted for the winner.
Journalists know this, so they try to make the leftist out to be the winner to gain this advantage.
Good point; more proof of the ineptitude of the American people
They team up with the statistics grads and get a false positive result, then publish. No need for more testing.
More importantly, people will DONATE based on percieved winner/loser. Especially if they think the campaigns are being run well or not.
Obama needs a massive influx of $$$ in the next couple weeks due to his lackluster Summer fundraising and early spending. And/or he needs to suppress Romneys intake.
The easiest way to do that is to have polls showing Romney losing and stories indicating Romneys campaign is being mismanaged.
Sound familiar?