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InsiderAdvantage / Poll Position Survey Latest Numbers In Presidential Race, Senate Race In Georgia (10/28/08) New numbers today from InsiderAdvantage / Poll Position in the presidential and U.S. Senate races in Georgia. The polls were conducted last night among 637 registered, likely voters and ...
New Registrations Give Georgia Blacks More Power at the Polls
New Registrations Give Georgia Blacks More Power at the Polls
nytimes.com — Many voters motivated by Barack Obama are also casting ballots for Senator Saxby Chambliss’s Democratic challenger, creating... a tight race. > (more) New Registrations Give Georgia Blacks More Power at the ...
Southern Political Report
Southern Political Report
southernpoliticalreport.com — Bulletin New InsiderAdvantage/Poll Position poll: Georgia a tossup Compiled from InsiderAdvantage and Southern Political Report staff October... 24, 2008— 10/24/08) A new InsiderAdvantage / Poll Position survey shows Georgia is a toss-up state in both ... (more) Southern Political Report
Barr Predicts McCain Will Lose in Georgia — Bob Barr 2008
bobbarr2008.com — ATLANTA, GA"Senator John McCain will not win Georgia," predicts Bob Barr, the Libertarian Party nominee for president."His... shrinking poll numbers are an indication that McCain is losing touch with the American public as we get closer to November 4th." ... (more) Barr Predicts McCain Will Lose in Georgia — Bob ...
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InsiderAdvantage: McCain Clings to Lead in Georgia
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — A new InsiderAdvantage poll in Georgia finds Sen. John McCain leading Sen. Barack Obama by just one point, 48% to 47%. Said pollster Matt Towery: "Obama had a better shot of winning Georgia than North Carolina or Florida but he's letting it slip away." In the U.S. Senate race, Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) holds a two point edge over challenger Jim Martin (D).

A Night At The Congressional Races
TPM Election Central — ... A new InsiderAdvantage poll gives Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) a bare lead of 46%-44% over Democratic challenger Jim Martin. It's looking more and more plausible that neither candidate will get over 50% of the vote, thanks to the presence of a Libertarian candidate, and the race would then go to a runoff in December. ...

GA-Sen: On Track for a Runoff
Swing State ProjectInsider Advantage (10/27, likely voters, 10/23 in parens): Jim Martin (D): 44 (42) Saxby Chambliss (R-inc): 46 (44) Other: 2 (2) (MoE: ±3.8%) Say what you will about this race, it's consistent. While nobody has shown an actual lead for Jim Martin, almost every poll in the last few weeks has shown him 2 points back, or thereabouts. With such a close race, and with Libertarian Allen Buckley consistently gobbling up a few points, it's starting to look likelier and likelier that Chambliss will ...

Senate Race Roundup
Daily Kos — AK-Sen: No surprise to anyone, but Mark Begich is going to win this. Post-conviction Rasmussen: Rasmussen. 10/27. Likely voters. MoE ±4.4%. (10/06 numbers) Begich (D) 52 (48) Stevens (R-inc) 44 (49) Not looking good for the senior Senator, is it? But guess what...he still has one critical ally. ...

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