Political polls about the presidential race might be skewing favorably to President Obama because recent changes in the electorate model, now evenly split between Democrats and Republicans, have not yet been adopted by many pollsters, according to Heritage Foundation analysis.
Michael Franc, Heritage vice president of government studies, said polls like the recent Washington Post survey pegging the race even at 47 percent each for Obama and Mitt Romney, was weighted too heavily in favor of Democrats.
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