Look at the online headline about the Chicago Tribune’s presidential preference poll:
The survey results are within the margin of error.
The results showed
- 35% for Romney
- 31% for Santorum
- 12% for Gingrich
- 7% for Paul
The margin of error was +/- 4%, so the top two are statistically tied.
In a sentence, that means Santorum could win the beauty contest in Illinois’s GOP primary election next Tuesday.