[SeekAndFind]

FROM GALLUP's OWN WEBSITE :

Election Year Presidential Preferences: Gallup Poll Accuracy Record
1936 - 2008

Year	Nominees	Final Poll	Election Results	Deviation
2008	Barack Obama	55	52.6	-2
	John McCain	44	46.0	+2
2004	George W. Bush	49	50.7	-2
	John F. Kerry	49	48.3	+1
2000	George W. Bush	48	47.9	0
	Albert Gore, Jr.	46	48.4	-2
	Ralph Nader	4	2.7	+1
1996	William J. Clinton	52	49.2	+3
	Robert Dole	41	40.7	0
	H. Ross Perot	7	8.4	-1
1992	William J. Clinton	49	43.0	+6
	George Bush	37	37.4	0
	H. Ross Perot	14	18.9	-5
1988	George Bush	56	53.4	+3
	Michael Dukakis	44	45.6	-2
1984	Ronald Reagan	59	58.8	0
	Walter F. Mondale	41	40.6	0
1980	Ronald Reagan	47	50.7	-4
	Jimmy Carter	44	41.0	+3
	John Anderson	8	6.6	+1
1976	Jimmy Carter	48	50.1	-2
	Gerald Ford	49	48.0	+1
1972	Richard Nixon	62	60.7	+1
	George McGovern	38	37.5	0
1968	Richard Nixon	43	43.4	0
	Hubert H. Humphrey	42	42.7	-1
	George Wallace	15	13.5	+1
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson	64	61.1	+3
	Barry Goldwater	36	38.5	-3
1960	John F. Kennedy	51	49.7	+1
	Richard Nixon	49	49.5	-1
1956	Dwight Eisenhower	59.5	57.4	+2
	Adlai Stevenson	40.5	42.0	-2
1952	Dwight Eisenhower	51	55.1	-4
	Adlai Stevenson	49	44.4	+5
1948	Harry S. Truman	44.5	49.5	-5
	Thomas E. Dewey	49.5	45.1	-4
	Strom Thurmond	4	2.4	+2
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt	51.5	53.4	-2
	Thomas E. Dewey	48.5	45.9	+3
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt	52	54.7	-3
	Wendell L. Willkie	48	44.8	+3
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt	55.7	60.8	-5
	Alfred M. Landon	44.3	36.5	+8

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[CatOwner]

Yes, pretty much proves my point. Since 1952, fairly accurate. Gallup determined after the 1948 election that he had a methodology issue and corrected it.

If you will note, Gallup was low by 2% in 2004 and 2008 for the GOP candidate. They pretty much nailed the GOP numbers in 1996 and 2000. If anything, Gallup tends to report the DEM numbers a bit too high.

[TornadoAlley3]

Rasmussen projected the 04 presidential results within one percentage point of the actual vote totals earned by both George W. Bush and John Kerry.
Rasmussen’s final polls in 08 had Obama ahead 52%-46%, which was nearly identical to Obama’s final margin of 53%-46%.

[Jeff Chandler]

With borders:

Election Polls -- Accuracy Record in Presidential Elections

Gallup Poll Accuracy Record

Year	Candidates	Final Gallup Survey	Election Result	Gallup Deviation
		%	%	%
2008	Obama	55.0	53.0	+2.0
	McCain	44.0	46.0	-2.0
2004	Bush	49.0	50.7	-1.7
	Kerry	49.0	48.3	+0.7
2000	Bush	48.0	47.9	0.1
	Gore	46.0	48.4	-2.4
	Nader	4.0	2.7	1.3
1996	Clinton	52.0	49.2	+2.8
	Dole	41.0	40.7	0.3
	Perot	7.0	8.4	-1.4
1992	Clinton	49.0	43.3	+5.7
	Bush	37.0	37.7	-0.7
	Perot	14.0	19.0	-5.0
1988	Bush	56.0	53.0	+3.0
	Dukakis	44.0	46.1	-2.1
1984	Reagan	59.0	59.2	-0.2
	Mondale	41.0	40.8	+0.2
1980	Reagan	47.0	50.8	-3.8
	Carter	44.0	41.0	+3.0
	Anderson	8.0	6.6	+1.4
	Other	1.0	1.6	-0.6
1976	Carter	48.0	50.1	-2.1
	Ford	49.0	48.1	+0.9
	McCarthy	2.0	0.9	+1.1
	Other	1.0	0.9	+0.1
1972	Nixon	62.0	61.8	+0.2
	McGovern	38.0	38.2	-0.2
1968	Nixon	43.0	43.5	-0.5
	Humphrey	42.0	42.9	-0.9
	Wallace	15.0	13.6	+1.4
1964	Johnson	64.0	61.3	+2.7
	Goldwater	36.0	38.7	-2.7
1960	Kennedy	50.5	50.1	+0.4
	Nixon	49.5	49.9	-0.4
1956	Eisenhower	59.5	57.8	+1.7
	Stevenson	40.5	42.2	-1.7
1952	Eisenhower	51.0	55.4	-4.4
	Stevenson	49.0	44.6	+4.4
1948	Truman	44.5	49.5	-5.0
	Dewey	49.5	45.1	+4.4
	Wallace	4.0	2.4	+1.6
	Thurmond	2.0	2.0	0.0
1944	Roosevelt	51.5	53.8	-2.3
	Dewey	48.5	46.2	+2.3
1940	Roosevelt	52.0	55.0	-3.0
	Willkie	48.0	45.0	+3.0
1936	Roosevelt	55.7	62.5	-6.8
	Landon	44.3	37.5	+6.8

[devolve]

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- Ross Perot gave a bigtime endorsement to Mitt Romney last week

- It seems the MSM did not like Perot this time...

- How about Ross Perot, Donald Trump, Steve Winn, and comedian Paul Rodiquez all doing a TV ad together for Mitt?

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[onyx]

Thank you very much. Yours is easiest to read.