voices.washingtonpost.com - 10/20/2008
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Interest remains high - 90 percent of registered voters are closely following the election, 57 percent "very closely." Those numbers are inline with 2004 and higher than at this time in 2000. Obama continues to benefit from an "enthusiasm gap," but McCain has narrowed the divide this week. 64 ...
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talkleft.com - 10/28/2008
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talkleft.com —
Sure, as I've been saying for a few
months, the election is now about turnout. Even so,...
ABC News boils down the electoral map in such a way that it seems impossible John McCain can win: If McCain doesn't win Pennsylvania's 21 electoral votes, he ...
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Why McCain Doesn't Have the Numbers to Win
thepage.time.com - 10/21/2008
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thepage.time.com —
From Suffolk University, among likely voters: Ohio: Obama
51, McCain 42 Missouri: McCain 45, Obama 44 Conducted...
Oct. 16/17-19. Error margin: 4 points.
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Battleground Numbers
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New ABC/WaPo Tracking Poll: Obama 53 McCain 44
Daily Kos —
... 47 (48) 42 (41) 3.4 LV Battleground: 49 (49) 45 (45) 3.5 LV Gallup: 52 (50) 41 (42) 2 RV See also the LV I and LV II numbers IBD/TIPP: 47 (47) 41 (42) 3.3 LV alternate link ABC/WaPo: 53 (--) 44 (--) 3 ...
WP/ABC Tracking Poll: Obama Leads By Nine Points
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
A new Washington Post/ABC News tracking poll shows Sen. Barack Obama leading Sen. John McCain by 53% to 44% among likely voters, "aided by voters' focus on the shaky economy and by their perceptions
that he is better equipped to handle those problems than his rival." ...
New Polls Show A Race That Is Widening
Comments from Left Field —
... The first is the first data point in the Washington Post and ABCnews daily tracking poll. This poll suggests that Obama has a nine point lead over McCain. Still, I want to warn you that the real value in tracking polls is not so much the hard numbers they produce so much as the actual trends that they show over the course of time. ...
Tuesday Morning Open Thread
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth —
... Washington Post & ABC News are going to issue a tracking poll every day at 5:00 PM. The first one was released yesterday showing Obama with a 53% - 44% lead. ...
WP/ABC Poll: Obama Widens National Lead
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
The latest Washington Post/ABC News tracking poll shows Sen. Barack Obama now holds an 11 point lead over Sen. John McCain among likely voters. This is Obama's largest lead of the campaign in this poll. ...
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thepage.time.com 10/30/2008 —
From TIME/CNN polls, among likely voters:
Pennsylvania: Obama 55, McCain 43
North Carolina: Obama 52, McCain 46
Nevada: Obama 52, McCain 45
Ohio: Obama 51, McCain 47
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thepage.time.com 10/29/2008 —
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Obama opens 6-point lead over McCain —
Reuters: Politics 10/21/2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama has expanded his national lead over Republican John McCain in the U.S. presidential race to 6 percentage points, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Monday.