gallup.com - 8/19/2008
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Barack Obama has returned to a slight 3-point lead over John McCain in Gallup Poll Daily tracking for Aug. 15-17, with Obama at 46% and McCain at 43% among registered voters.
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HuffPollstrology: Candidates' Horoscopes, Polls And More For August 19
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General Election Poll: Gallup Daily Tracking
The general-election results are based on combined data from Aug. 15-17, 2008. For results based on this sample of 2,660 registered voters, the maximum margin of sampling error is ±2 percentage points.
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Musings Over Morning Coffee
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... of course, is the Big Picture. Picking up a percentage or two is a smart move, and so is reinforcing his Christian faith (since 8% of voters are ill-informed enough to think he's Muslim). And there's always the "hey, he's really thoughtful. Maybe I don't hate him" factor, which will be needed for the anticipated GOP onslaught of negative advertising. Meanwhile the tightening race (you won't see it in the unchanging tracking polls, which continue to have Obama up by a tad) takes us through to the conventions, when things can change for the first time ...
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