Rasmussen has a tie, but Daily Kos has Obama up 6.
Rasmussen's daily tracking poll has the Presidential race a 48-48 tie. That poll also announced today that it is weighting its survey as follows:
39.0% Democratic
33.5% Republican
27.5% unaffiliated.
DailyKos has Obama ahead 49-43. Looking at its internals it is weighted:
35.0% Democrats
26.0% Republicans
30.0% Independent
9.0% Other / Refused
Isn't Daily Kos's tracking poll slightly off by only having 26% Republicans? The Rasmussen spread of about 1/3 each seems much more likely than Republicans only being 26% of the voters.
Just wondering if anyone knows more about this discrepancy.
P.S. I clearly understand that the race for President is a state by state contest and national polls mean nothing (e.g. McCain isn't tied in California and Obama has no chance in Utah).