Here is what Rasmussen says are the current numbers and trends in party affilitation in the U.S.:
Republican 37.6 Democrat 33.3 Other 29.2 August 2012
Republican 37.0 Democrat 33.7 Other 29.3 November 2010
Republican 33.8 Democrat 41.4 Other 24.7 November 2008
I find it hard to believe that Democrats will have a higher turnout than Republicans six weeks from now.
Polls like the ones we are discussing are NOT PREDICTIVE ~ PRESCRIPTIVE PERHAPS ~ telling Romney NO MORE MR NICE GUY ~ OR ~ Start the campaign for gosh sakes.