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Tracking Poll Update: Naked Lunch Edition
Open Left - Front Page —
... The two tracking polls for Saturday have been released. Gallup shows Obama 47%-45% McCain, down from Obama 48%--44% McCain the day before. ...
Tracking Poll Update
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
The latest Gallup tracking poll shows Sen. Barack Obama's advantage over Sen. John McCain "has been shrinking since the start
of the Republican National Convention, and is now down to just two
percentage points -- 47% to 45% -- too close to call." ...
Poll-itics: Not good enough, John Sidney McCain
The Latest on Air America —
... The latest Gallup tracking poll shows Sen. Barack Obama's advantage over Sen. John McCain "has been shrinking since the start of the Republican National Convention, and is now down to just two percentage points -- 47% to 45% -- too close to call." ...
Where’s Waldo? errr… Obama?
The Moderate Voice —
... which showed Obama reopening a measurable if not dominating lead after the Democrats’ big party in Denver. In recent days, however, after the Republican rejoinder in St. Paul and the various speeches given there, the worm seems to be turning. Obama’s previous nine point lead has shrunk to two and those numbers only include one full day after the nation watched Palin’s attack dog speech at the convention. ...
Today's Polls, 9/6
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right —
Although the topline results don't make it obvious, it appears that John McCain had a fairly strong night of polling in the daily tracking polls, which are the only numbers we have to look at today. The Gallup tracker now shows Barack Obama leading by 2 points, down from 4 a day ago. When I attempt to estimate the daily results from the topline numbers, however, I get the following: Wednesday: Obama +7.8 Thursday: Obama +2.4 Friday: McCain +4.2So Obama's numbers are being propped up by a strong night of polling on Wednesday, ...
Obama, McCain polling-tie again
The Swamp —
... of interviewing following his acceptance speech.'
"The first Gallup Poll Daily tracking report based on interviewing conducted entirely after McCain's speech (from Friday through Sunday) will be published on Monday. The test for McCain will be whether he can do more than return the race to the absolute tie seen at the beginning of the convention period, and actually lead Obama by a significant margin for the first time since late April/early May.''
For more on the McCain-Obama polling, see Gallup.
Gallup Gap at 2
PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts —
Via Gallup: Obama’s Lead Shrinks to 2 Points.
Polls: McCain gets solid marks for speech in Survey USA, shaves six points off Obama’s lead in Gallup
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... is getting attention today, but in fact the speech played almost as well across the country as it did down there. Gallup’s got him within two now nationally after trailing by eight just four days ago; a solid effort in one of the ...
McCain Bounce Continues
Daily Kos —
... Gallup: By last Saturday, Obama was holding up +7 from the 45-44 the Tues prior. This week, McCain is so far +4 from the Wed prior. The maximum Gallup for Obama was 5 days later (this Wed). ...
Shifting American Opinion is Beating Obama Like He Owes Us Money
Ace of Spades HQ —
Shifting American Opinion is Beating Obama Like He Owes Us Money I had hopes for a change: And after opening a nine point lead on McCain and hitting the crucial 50% mark, the race is now margin-of-error at 47-45, Obama ahead... kinda, except it's MOE. Behold the power of Palinmania: Allah, the Eeyore of the dextrosphere, ...
Race Still Tied After Conventions
Outside The Beltway | OTB —
... has McCain-Palin at 49.7 percent and Obama-Biden at 45.9 percent. Then again, Zogby, who uses a complicated party weighting and likely voter adjustment, had McCain up 47.1 to 44.6 going into his convention. Gallup’s daily tracking poll — which uses a ridiculously small sample and does not screen out those unlikely to show up to vote — had McCain up 4.2 points as of Friday. ...
No More Mister Nice Blog — ... after the Democratic convention.) Gallup still has Obama up by 2; his lead got to 8 earlier this week. In a true seesaw race, McCain would be swinging out to leads as big as Obama's were. ...
