It's a fool's errand to predict the outcome of a US presidential election based on polling percentages.
The outcome is not decided by voters, it is decided by the electoral college.
The same Rasmussen outfit quoted by the OP had Barack Obama at 47% and Mitt Romney at 48% only days before the last election.
The electoral college results were 332 to 206 - not even close.
There are websites that crunch the electoral college numbers for those who are interested. But you're barking up the wrong tree by looking only at polls of likely voters to try and figure out who will win.
The outcome is not decided by voters, it is decided by the electoral college.
The same Rasmussen outfit quoted by the OP had Barack Obama at 47% and Mitt Romney at 48% only days before the last election.
The electoral college results were 332 to 206 - not even close.
There are websites that crunch the electoral college numbers for those who are interested. But you're barking up the wrong tree by looking only at polls of likely voters to try and figure out who will win.
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