Our latest installment of our unscientific reader polls adds a seventh poll to our dataset.
President Obama maintains his large lead over Republican challenger Mitt Romney in our latest poll, though it is not quite as big as it was in our last update three days ago.
When asked who you will vote for in the presidential election, 63 percent of our readers said they would vote for Obama, compared to 33 percent who said they will support Romney.
That is slightly down from the 67 percent support Obama had in our last poll, but still a much larger margin than most national polls find.
Let's look at all the polls:
Oct. 10: Obama 54, Romney 43
Oct. 12: Romney 54, Obama 43
Oct. 13: Romney 50, Obama 47
Oct. 17: Obama 49, Romney 48
Oct. 18: Obama 60, Romney 38
Oct. 18(b): Obama 67, Romney 31
Oct. 22: Obama 63, Romney 33
Arranged by candidate over time:
Obama: 54, 43, 47, 49, 60, 67, 63
Romney: 43, 54, 50, 48, 38, 31, 33
While Obama's numbers are down 4 percent since the previous poll, Romney gained a point. Most of the remaining responses were not "Undecided" but "I'm not eligible to vote."
We have no data on whether those ineligible readers are underage, not citizens or have had their voting rights restricted due to criminal prosecution.
If we ignore the respondents who won't be voting in this year's election, Obama actually gains a bit. Obama increases to 65 percent support, while Romney remains at 33 percent.
While our results are quite different from the national polls, which show an essentially tied race, the trends match what we see in the national polls.
Over the weekend, new polls show Romney and Obama holding steady in their support, with only some slight variation.
On the whole, Romney leads in the national polls, with Gallup giving him a large margin of 6 percent, and most other polls showing a tie or very slight Romney edge.
However, swing state polls show Obama with a similar edge in the Electoral College count.
Overall, it 's a wash. We'll see what happens after tonight's final presidential debate, when the candidates make their case on foreign policy.
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