Xtreme polls 2008: Getting creative with political prognostication

The World

The most accurate polls around might be a little on the unconventional side: Halloween mask sales, schoolchildren, coffee cups, and cookies. Mary Beth Williams hits the streets of New York to look at this year’s ‘Xtreme’ polls.

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