Final CNN Poll: Deadlocked at 49, Despite D+11 Sample

Final CNN Poll: Deadlocked at 49, Despite D+11 Sample

Say, has anyone mentioned this race looks pretty close lately?  Oh, that's right -- everyone has.   CNN's last national poll before Judgment Day shows the race tied at 49, with a D+11 partisan sample.  This assumes Democrats will improve upon their extraordinary 2008 turnout by four percentage points.  There's a word for this.  It's "ludicrous."  CNN's previous national poll gave Obama a three-point lead, so it suggests the GOP nominee is gaining steam.  In light of the mind-blowing sample, how is the race even close, let alone tied?  
 

(1) Independent voters are...