- The "opinion elite" in the country -- those with a college education and earning more than $75,000 -- support a Democratic presidential candidate by an 11 point margin.
- Independents have defected from Republican candidates and now support a Democrat for president by 19 points.
- Young voters are breaking to Democrats with landslide margins.
- Married women -- a key swing vote -- are breaking marginally for the Democrats this year after swinging strongly for the Republicans in 2004.
- Unmarried women -- a key bloc of "base" voters for Democrats -- pick the Democratic candidate by two to one margin.
* TV news people should stop talking about Mitt Romney 'stunning win' of the the Iowa straw poll. Only a few thousand people voted and he spent too, too much money on a worthless campaign. My small dog could have won the Iowa straw poll with less money.