no bounce for obama
skippy the bush kangaroo — what's that you say? oh, wait...yes there is... princeton, nj -- democratic candidate barack obama has gained ground in the latest gallup poll daily tracking average from monday, tuesday, and wednesday, and now leads republican john mccain among registered voters by ...

Gallup Poll: An Obama Convention Bounce?
The Moderate Voice — Is Democratic Presidential nominee Barack Obama getting a modest convention bounce? It depends on the poll, and the eye of the beholder. Gallup now shows Obama with a 6 point lead over rival Republican Senator John McCain. Rasmussen: with a one point lead. Democratic candidate Barack Obama has gained ground in the latest Gallup Poll Daily tracking average from Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, and now leads Republican John McCain among registered voters by a 48% to 42% margin. The latest three-day Gallup Poll Daily tracking average (Aug. 25-27) ...

Gallup Tracking Shows Obama Bounce
News — ... Barack Obama is getting a bounce in Gallup's daily tracking poll thanks to the the Democratic convention. Obama leads John McCain 48 percent to 42 percent in Thursday's version of the poll, which includes results from the three previous nights. Obama led by just one percentage point in Wednesday's tracking poll. He trailed McCain by one percentage point in Tuesday's tracking poll.

Gallup: Obama's Bounce Puts Him Up 48-42
Ace of Spades HQ — Gallup: Obama's Bounce Puts Him Up 48-42 Could be an outlier or bad poll. Rasmussen shows it tied, which represents a 1% "bounce" for Obama. If Gallup's right, I'm a bit mystified. The convention to me has seemed weak. My impressions, though obviously informed by partisanship, nevertheless seem confirmed by the despair of liberal Ezra Klein and, um, conservative Andrew Sullivan, who are both experiencing Panic At The Disco. It's possible their glumness was based mostly on polls, of course. And now that Gallup finally shows a bounce, they will praise the ...

Obama Gets ‘Big Bounce’ in Gallup Poll
Outside The Beltway | OTB — Obama Gets ‘Big Bounce’ in Gallup Poll In the first poll since the start of the Democratic convention, Gallup gives Barack Obama what RealClearPolitics calls “a big bounce,” taking a six point lead over his rival, John McCain. Democratic candidate Barack Obama has gained ground in the latest Gallup Poll Daily tracking average from Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, and now leads Republican John McCain among registered voters by a 48% to 42% margin. The latest three-day Gallup Poll Daily tracking average (Aug. 25-27) is directly coincident with the first ...

No Bounce Here, Nothing To See, Move Along
Comments from Left Field — ... Finally, just in case you missed, because, you know, heavens forfend anyone should report it, if you want a bounce, here’s your fucking bounce.  Six point jump, and that is not taking into full consideration last night’s events, and of course tonight’s events. ...

Matt Lewis: Obama's Got Bounce
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog — ... Posted by: Matt Lewis at 3:02 PM According to the Gallup Daily tracking poll , he's up 5-8 points since the start of the convention. We can assume he will double that tonight with his speech. Hopefully, though, it will be short-lived as McCain announces his veep, and heads into the Republican convention ... ...

When Is A Bounce Just A Blip
The Atlantic Politics Channel — ... I know Democrats are super eager to see Barack Obama open up a lead over John McCain, but they need to temper their enthusiasm just a bit. Remember, each track includes a three-day sample of interviews, and Wednesday night's festivities haven't even been polled yet, so you can't credit Biden's speech with anything. ...

Bounce: Six-point swing for Obama in Gallup
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... , says Marc Ambinder. A true bounce lasts weeks; after three days, all we can call this is a blip. It’s true that they’re still tied ...

Obama Getting Convention Bounce In Gallup -- And It May Just Be Beginning
TPM Election Central — Barack Obama might just might be getting a convention bounce, if today's Gallup tracking poll is to be believed. The new numbers: Obama 48%, McCain 42%, outside the ±2% margin of error. Just two days ago, Gallup had McCain up 46%-44%. The pollster's analysis points out there is a lag in polling as we wait for the bounce -- a given day's poll release doesn't include sampling that might reflect any reaction to speeches from the night before, so it took us until today just to see any impact from Hillary's Clinton's speech on Tuesday. As such, we haven't ...

The Bounce We've Been Waiting For?
The Corner on National Review Online — [image] [image] NRO BLOG ROW | THE CORNER | ARCHIVES SEARCH E-MAIL PRINT RSS [image] [image] Thursday, August 28, 2008 [image] The Bounce We've Been Waiting For? [ Rich Lowry ] Gallup shows Obama pulling into 6-point lead. Although Rasmussen still has a tie. 08/28 02:26 PM [image] [image] [image] © National Review Online 2008. All Rights Reserved. Home | Search | NR / Digital | Donate | Media Kit | Contact Us This page loaded in 0.006025 ...

Midday open thread
Daily Kos — ... you, before he ever debates Barack Obama, John McCain should finish the debate with himself. And what's more, Senator McCain, who once railed against the smears of Karl Rove when he was the target, has morphed into candidate McCain who is using the same "Rove" tactics and the same "Rove" staff to repeat the same old politics of fear and smear. Well, not this year, not this time. The Rove-McCain tactics are old and outworn, and America will reject them in 2008. Gallup has the beginning of a bounce: Democratic candidate Barack Obama has ...

It's Up To Obama Now
TalkLeft — ... Hillary Clinton's speech had a big effect in the Gallup Tracker, as Obama/Biden bounced from a 1 point lead to a 5 point lead. With Bill Clinton's speech last night, expect even more of a bounce. ...

Why Oh Why Can't We Have Better Pollsters?
J. Bradford DeLong's Grasping Reality with All Eight Tentacles — ... Gallup Daily: Obama Moves Ahead, 48% to 42%: PRINCETON, NJ -- Democratic candidate Barack Obama has gained ground in the latest Gallup Poll Daily tracking average from Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, and now leads Republican John McCain among registered voters by a 48% to 42% margin... ...

Mark Nickolas: More GOP Woes: Abramoff To Testify and Be Sentenced On Day Of McCain's Acceptance Speech
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... While this morning's Gallup national tracking poll is already showing a clear convention bounce for Obama (even though he hasn't yet spoken), from McCain 46-44 to Obama 48-42, there are a number of very clear obstacles that Republicans are going to have to navigate next week to avoid the specter of a convention drop. ...

Obama Bounces Ahead, 48% to 42%
The Democratic Daily — Everyone’s been looking for the Obama bounce in the polls. The Gallup Daily gives Obama a 6 point lead today: The latest three-day Gallup Poll Daily tracking average (Aug. 25-27) is directly coincident with the first three days of the Democratic National Convention in Denver, and is no doubt beginning to reflect the typical convention “bounce” that Gallup has observed in most party conventions in recent decades. There is a lag of sorts involved in the daily tracking; interviewing is conducted in most parts of the country before that ...

Bouncing
Newshoggers.com — ... Obama has gotten a bit of a "convention bounce". This is without Bill Clinton's speech last night - probably the biggest thing that will happen this convention.  Why is Bill's speech/ endorsement of Barack such a big deal?  While I'm not a big Bill Clinton fan to many he is a superstar, yes a "celebrity". Among those many a working class types who might have trouble voting for a black man and as much as we might not want to admit it there are a lot of otherwise fine people out there who fall into this category - enough of them to make a ...

Denver - Day 4: Toga party at Invesco Field
Sister Toldjah — ... —– The Democrats can finally cheer about poll numbers this week: Gallup’s daily polling shows that Obama has rec’d a bounce from the convention, as he is now up 48-42% over McCain. I suspect the numbers will tighten up in the coming days - or perhaps will show Mc in the lead - after we learn more about McCain’s nominee and hear his acceptance speech next week. ...

Has Mitt Strapped Seamus, The Family Dog To The Roof Of His Car For the Drive Out To St. Paul?
DownWithTyranny! — ... on Romney months ago and have shoved him up McCain's ass. McCain instinctively hates Willard's guts-- the way any red-blooded American detests a spoiled, pampered empty suit-- but McCain is incapable of raising the kind of money he needs to run the kind of smear offensive against Obama he knows is his only shot at getting elected. Bush and Rove have told him-- in less and less ambiguous terms-- that unless he picks Romney, the money dries up. Even before Obama's speach tonight, the bounce has started becoming apparent. Today's Gallup poll shows him 6 points ahead, 48-42%, based ...

Obama: 8 is Enough
Informed Comment — Obama DNC Speech: 'Eight is enough' Obama up in polls.

HuffPollstrology: Candidates' Horoscopes, Polls And More For August 29
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... Sources: General Election Poll: Gallup Daily Tracking For the Gallup Poll Daily tracking survey, Gallup is interviewing no fewer than 1,000 U.S. adults nationwide each day during 2008. The general-election results are based on combined data from Aug. 25-27, 2008. For results based on this sample of 2,723 registered voters, the maximum margin of sampling error is +/-2 percentage points. Horoscopes: horoscopes.co.uk Weather: Weather.com Betting Lines: Intrade Prediction Markets ...

Obama’s Convention Bounce
Outside The Beltway | OTB — ... from their convention. That, of course, would be a first. Yesterday, when Gallup’s poll showed a 3 point uptick in their rolling average, I said that it could either be an actual bounce or random fluctuation caused by sampling error. Now, though, we’re starting to see the beginnings of a trend:  Obama’s +4 (up 4 points) in Rasmussen and +6 (up 3 points) in ...