Monday, October 1, 2012

Who Do You Trust?

Today's news brings two articles with different results. Gallup reports their polls show 47% approve of the job President Obama is doing, while 46% disapprove. Apparently 7% have no opinion. Presidents normally are not reelected with less than 50% approval.

On the other hand, Yahoo News has this article by a respected forecaster who predicts an clear Obama win, and tells you why he makes this prediction. Of course he is predicting votes in the electoral college whereas Gallup is measuring current public opinion. As we know, these two do not track perfectly.

Who is ahead? Nobody knows for sure.