RCP's average of all of the national polls

[MikeinAR]

proved true again. I know many people question the accuracy of polls and their effectiveness in telling us where the vote stands. Obama ended up with 53% to McCain's 46%. RCP had it pegged at 7.6%.

I like their method of taking all the polls and then averaging it out. It's proved itself over two Presidential elections now.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epo...obama-225.html

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/president/

Also, they were within a 1.5% in Ohio, .1% in Virginia, and .7% in Florida.