Giddy up!
Via Townhall:
Welcome to November. Earlier in the week, one of the oldest and most respected polling firms in America — Gallup — produced results based on thousands of voter contacts indicating that Mitt Romney is leading in national early voting by roughly six percentage points. Last night, another venerable polling outfit confirmed Gallup’s findings with a survey of its own. From Pew Research:
“The Pew Research Center survey found that the race is even among all likely voters nationwide (47% Obama, 47% Romney). Unlike the last campaign, the race also is close among voters who say they have already voted. In the poll, conducted Oct. 24-28, 19% of likely voters say they have already voted; that is unchanged from the same week in the 2008 campaign (Oct. 23-26, 2008).Currently, Romney holds a seven-point edge among early voters (50% to 43%); because of the small sample, this lead is not statistically significant. At this point four years ago, Obama led John McCain by 19 points (53% to 34%) among early voters. “
The overall sample was roughly 1700 voters, only about half the size of Gallup’s pool, but resulting in nearly the exact same early voting outcome.