Gallup Daily: Obama at 45%, McCain at 44% - Republican National Committee, White House '08

Hmm ... Some Bad Poll News About to Drop on The Messiah?
JammieWearingFool — ... the presidency. And he and his aides might be a bit surprised by the findings when voters are asked whether they view Obama as "too arrogant and presumptuous" and whether McCain could be considered "too hot-tempered." This should be interesting. Well, if anything, attention may soon shift from Obama directly onto his forthcoming VP pick, and many signs point to Joe Biden , who we noted was the favorite last week . Meanwhile, today's Gallup poll is back to a one-point edge for Obama . Labels: Barack Obama , Joe Biden , John McCain

Polls Show a Presidential Dead Heat
Patterico's Pontifications — [Guest post by DRJ] Today’s poll news: The Gallup Daily poll of registered voters shows Obama at 45% and McCain at 44%. In a similar result, the LA Times/Bloomberg poll of registered voters has Obama at 45% and McCain at 43% - a statistical dead heat made even more striking because Obama led by 12 points in June, although that poll now appears to be an outlier. Respondees in the LA Times/Bloomberg poll like McCain’s experience and patriotism. They question Obama’s patriotism and 17% say the country is not ready for a ...

Presidential Polls
Daily Kos — ... voters shift from a 44 - 44 percent split to a 45 - 39 percent Democratic tilt. "The poll underlines Sen. Barack Obama's strengths and weaknesses. Strengths: He leads overall and he's strong with women, even stronger among young folks and astronomically strong with blacks. Weaknesses: Sen. John McCain beats him among white voters, men, older folks and white Catholics," said Maurice Carroll, director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute. Also, theGallup tracker has Obama 45 and McCain 44 (RV) while Rasmussen has Obama 47, McCain 45 ...

HuffPollstrology: Candidates' Horoscopes, Polls And More For August 20
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — ... Sources: General Election Poll: Gallup Daily Tracking The general-election results are based on combined data from Aug. 16-18, 2008. For results based on this sample of 2,648 registered voters, the maximum margin of sampling error is ±2 percentage points. Horoscopes: horoscopes.co.uk Weather: Weather.com Betting Lines: Intrade Prediction Markets

McCain Takes the Lead?
Outside The Beltway | OTB — ... has it Obama 46, McCain 43 - half the lead he enjoyed just days ago. Gallup has it Obama 45, McCan 44. Despite this post’s headline, I would still characterize the race as tied, if not one in which Obama has a very slight edge. But it’s very interesting that, despite Obama having made no serious gaffes and having a country palpably ready to change direction, that he’s losing ground. Several possible explanations come to mind: Perhaps all of those things have had an impact. In any event, as I wrote in some detail yesterday, the ...

Poll: McCain Overtakes Obama With Five Point Lead Amid Other Polls Showing Obama Weakening
The Moderate Voice — ... –The latest Gallup Daily tracking poll shows Obama down to a one point, statistically meaningless lead over McCain, 45 percent to 44 percent. ...