The poll samples 7% MORE democrats than Republicans From poll: From text of poll: From page 8 of poll: Are you registered as a Republican, Democrat, some other party, or are you not affiliated with any party? 7/24-30/2012 ....Rep.. Dem FL ...36 ..42 (+6) OH ...35 ...42 (+7) PA ...40 ...46 (+6) Do you consider yourself part of the Tea Party movement or not? Yes No DK/NA FL 13 83 4 OH 13 83 4 PA 11 87 2 [In 2008] Did you vote for Barack Obama, John McCain, or someone else? Obama McCain Someone else DK/NA FL 53 40 OH 53 38 PA 54 40 So Obama is NOT leading in Ohio. Poll is misleading and flawed. http://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/405617/the-quinnipiac-university-new-york-times-cbs-poll.pdf