Culture Spot: Polling for the 2012 presidential elections has already begun!

No sooner does one election end but the following one begins in the media! For those who are curious, here is a link to an article with the latest polling date by Rasmussen Reports. Of course, being that this is 3 and half years away this is all meaningless.

Sitting President Obama will of course be renominated as the official Democratic Party candidate. Some possible Republican nominees being spoken of are Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, Former Speaker of the House of Representatives Newt Gringrich, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal and former Massachussetts Governor Mitt Romney.

To read the article with the polling data, click on the image above.

You can also read here the Wikipedia article for the United States presidential election, 2012.

Also of interest is this new census report of the voter turnout in the 2008 presidential elections: 2008 voting rate down as older whites stayed home