Robert Bennett: Deciphering voter sentiment from polls

By Robert Bennett, For the Deseret News

Published: Monday, Aug. 13 2012 12:00 a.m. MDT

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After showing a statistical tie for months, the presidential polls have taken a dramatic turn — at least for a moment. As I write this, CNN has Obama ahead by 9 and Rasmussen has Romney ahead by 4, with both polls taken during the exact same time period. What is going on?

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Robert Bennett

Robert Bennett, former U.S. Senator from Utah, is a teacher, researcher and lecturer at the University of Utah's Hinckley Institute of Politics and a Fellow at George Washington University's School of Media and Public Affairs.

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