[the808bass]

I don’t have a good reason for this.

I’ll give you another example. In my state, Missouri, all 3 Republican candidates for Senator were outpolling McCaskill by 5+ points (before Akin shot himself in the face). But Romney/Obama is a dead heat. Obama won’t be within 5 points of Romney in Missouri on election night.

Do the pollsters wait until the election to do more accurate polls to save their reputations?

From the tone and tenor of the campaigns, I would wager the internals are far different than the public pablum we are being fed.

[PJ-Comix]

Do the pollsters wait until the election to do more accurate polls to save their reputations?

Yup! They can lie like hell now because their results can't be verified but by the final weekend before the election they have to reveal the "horrible" truth or end up with their reputations ruined.

[urbanpovertylawcenter]

polling companies are paid to do polls, how interesting would R n R ahead of BO and Buttboy by 12 for the next three months. People love a horse race.

Pollsters are not stupid.

[ROTB]

From the tone and tenor of the campaigns, I would wager the internals are far different than the public pablum we are being fed.

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Why feed us pablum?