which of the daily tracking polls do you trust the most and watch the most?

[book_worm]

Every day the tracking polls are posted here and inevitably some will say "Oh that's a republican poll" or "I don't trust that one because it scews too much towards the democrats", so which polls do you trust the most and watch the most? I know some will say none of them, but I know most people here hungrily look at the polls. Here are the daily tracking polls--rank them in your preference (here they are in alphabetical order):

Gallup
George Washington University
Hotline/Diagio
Rasmussen
Research 2000/Daily Kos
Zogby/C-Span

[LSK]

1. Rasmussen because I like to see worst case polls

If Obama is leading in biased polls, then it must be good.

[scheming daemons]

4. I agree..... as long as we're leading Rasmussen, I know we're REALLY leading

[SuperTrouper]

8. Rasmussen and TIPP, they are the worse case scenario. Zogby is pure fantasy

[NMDemDist2]

2. i like watching electoral-vote.com, he takes em all and averages them n/t

[CaliforniaPeggy]

14. My dear AZDemDist6!

That's my poll too!

And I love how it's interactive...

:hi:

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

3. Gallup, averaging the two LV models

[demokatgurrl]

5. I only look at

www.electoral-vote.com because it's the states (delegates) that matter.

[goodgd_yall]

6. I don't pay attention to daily tracking polls.

I prefer the weekly polls of various states. I find them more useful.

[Schulzz]

7. As long as Obama leads in the Rasmussen tracking poll,

I am close to 100% sure that he is ahead. He has no reason to manipulate a poll in Obama's favor.

[napi21]

9. I don't trust any of them, but I watch the trend. I don't think even the pollsters

have a good feel for what the spread REALLY IS. But I do believe, if you see a consistent upturn or downturn with either candidate, it's a good indicator of the leanings of the electorate.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

10. Just Average Them Or Throw Out The Best And Worst Poll

We're up by five or six...

[DemocratSinceBirth]

11. Just Average Them Or Throw Out The Best And Worst Poll

We're up by five or six...

[mvd]

12. Trust the most: Research 2000

But I take the trend of that poll, Rasmussen (worst case,) and Gallup. I glance at the others except for Zogby.

[WallStreetNobody]

13. I like to use the averages at FiveThirtyEight.com but individual poll would be Rasmussen

even though Rasmussen is a right-leaning organization and their polls are typically tighter I think they are one of the better regarded in terms of methodology. I believe their tracking poll is made up of 3 days and 3000 voters, much more than most other organizations.