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It looks less like an issue with the polls, and more like an issue with not having time to do polling.

Hurricane Sandy seemed to be a big bonus for the president... giving him a ready made chance to look competent. Even Gallup's polls turned quickly on it.

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-11-05/the-polls-shift-toward-obama

If there was time for said data to be imput in other polls, I imagine there would of been a change.

It looks like Sandy either convinced a lot of people to go out to vote or took a lot of wind out of Republican sails.

Chris Matthew's crude remarks were probably the correct ones.