Daily Kos Elections Polling Wrap: Will polling pace accelerate as campaign pace accelerates?

On balance, this was yet another quiet day on the polling front. However, for fans of our Daily Kos Elections Live Digest, you already know that it was anything but a quiet day on the campaign/electoral front.

So, is this the end of the holiday week polling lull, with data to flow like wine from this point forward? Or are lighter media budgets around the country equating to a much more sparse polling environment?

It would seem we are about to find out. For now, though, on to the numbers:

PRESIDENTIAL GENERAL ELECTION TRIAL HEATS:

NATIONAL (Gallup Tracking): Obama d. Romney (47-45)

NATIONAL (Rasmussen Tracking): Romney d. Obama (46-45)

NATIONAL (TIPP for Investors Business Daily/Christian Science Monitor): Obama d. Romney (43-42)

DOWNBALLOT POLLING:

CA-SEN (Field Poll): Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D) 51, Elizabeth Emken (R) 32

KY-06 (Public Opinion Strategies for Barr/NRCC): Rep. Ben Chandler (D) 47, Andy Barr (R) 42

A few thoughts, as always, await you just past the jump ...