Poll Tracker

We take a bow, as always, to Nate Silver's analysis of polls on his FiveThiryEight.Com site where, digesting two polls about South Carolinians who wanted Gov. Mark Sanford to resign after his admission of an extramarital affair, contrasted them to polls on other "pantsless pols" who had admitted similar indiscretions.

His conclusion: Sanford faces more pressure to resign than many of the others, except for former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer. But those who want Sanford to step down outnumbered those who wanted to wave good-bye to former Idaho Sen. Larry Craig, former New Jersey Gov. James McGreevey, former President Bill Clinton, Nevada Sen. John Ensign and Louisiana Sen. David Vitter.

Here's the nifty chart that Nate constructed based on polling of other prominent politicians who have strayed from the path: