If Romney is running Obama very close in the polls come selection time, which is generally just prior to the convention, I'd predict he'll take the safe option and go with Rob Portman.
Examine the results of a recent poll or a selection of recent polls, particularly ones that have accompanying graphics.
With Mitt Romney ahead by 239 votes at latest count, Mr. Madore is hoping simply to pull in as many people as possible to a complicated day of caucusing that will involve a nonbinding straw poll and the selection of state delegates.
The latest and fifth straw poll for the selection of the next United Nations secretary-general again placed António Guterres of Portugal as the frontrunner in the informal secret balloting that began in July.
After easily winning the Democratic presidential nomination, Gore trailed in most public opinion polls until his selection of a vice presidential running mate, Senator Joseph Lieberman, who became the first Jewish American on a national presidential ticket.
According to recent polls, Mr. Romney's selection of vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan has tightened the race in Florida where, according to the Pew Hispanic Center, Hispanics make up 13.1 percent of the state's more than 11.2 registered voters.
Four hundred years after his death, a YouGov survey commissioned by the British Council found that, to about 18,000 people polled in a selection of 15 countries around the world, Bill is more more popular outside of the UK than in it.
Mathematics- Study a selection of polls measuring Mr. Bush's approval rating (//www.pollingreport.com/BushJob.html) and create your own poll using it as a model.
In Wisconsin, after signs of tightening in the polls following Mr. Ryan's selection, Mr. Obama seems to have regained his footing.
State and national polls conducted since the selection have shown, on average, a one-point gain for Mr. Romney in his race against President Obama.
