Pollster John Zogby explains the results of his latest poll (PDF):

The poll, provided to Secrets Tuesday, is a vivid display of how American voters are split not just politically but on individual issues, making it difficult for either presidential candidate to carve out a clear path to victory. 

Take Obama's position backing same-sex marriage. Pollster John Zogby found that 51.4 percent of voters back the GOP's traditional marriage position that the "ideal family is built around a stable marriage between a man and a woman." Some 40.3 percent said "a family can still be the stable unit of a good society if it is headed by a single adult, a same-sex relationship,or grandparents."