* New survey of small business owners: visualization, paper. It finds a narrow lead for Obama as the candidate “who is more supportive of small business.”
* Excellent look at polarization by Marc Hetherington and Jonathan Haidt. See also this new article by Shanto Iyengar, Gaurav Sood and Yphtach Lelkes.
* Josh’s thoughts on Romney 47% comments.
* Steven Sanders on the prospects for same-sex marriage, including some discussion of political science research.
* The last installment of the Lewis-Beck and Tien presidential election forecast. Their two models predict different results.
* New section on class and inequality is part of the annual Midwest Political Science Association conference. Via Nick Carnes.