Op-Art | By JMBOTRN Unconventional Wisdom

Every nanosecond, new poll results seem to appear. One minute Barack Obama’s ahead by 4, two minutes later he’s trailing Mitt Romney by 6. While Pew, Gallup and Rasmussen wield their clipboards and robocall us during dinner, less scientific — but perhaps equally accurate — teams of nontraditional pollsters measure the nation’s political preferences, in doughnut shops and convenience stores, on Web sites and at other places Americans visit. Some of these forecasters have eerily accurate track records. Here is a sample of recently collected data.