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Gallup Daily: Obama Up 45% to 43%
Gallup Daily: Obama Up 45% to 43%
Barack Obama edges out John McCain in national voter preferences, 45% to 43%, similar to where the race has been for the past week.
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HuffPollstrology: Candidates' Horoscopes, Polls And More For August 21
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — ... Sources: General Election Poll: Gallup Daily Tracking The general-election results are based on combined data from Aug. 17-19, 2008. For results based on this sample of 2,658 registered voters, the maximum margin of sampling error is ±2 percentage points.   Horoscopes: horoscopes.co.uk Weather: Weather.com Betting Lines: Intrade Prediction Markets >

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Firedoglake — ... Be very afraid: McSame wants a two-term presidency. Maverick! Video of McSame saying he would've picked Cheney and Rumsfeld if he'd been elected in 2000. Will we get the veep choice today? Obama's in Virginia while Gramps takes the day off. The latest "OMG, Obama's totally gonna pick this guy" prediction. And another. For all this talk about how awesome McSame is doing, he seems unable to break 45%.

No More Mister Nice Blog — MULTIPLE OBAMA LEADS: VERY GOOD NEWS FOR McCAIN CBS/New York Times: Obama up by 3. NBC/Wall Street Journal: Obama up by 3. And, from yesterday: Quinnipiac: Obama up by 5. Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg: Obama up by 2. Rasmussen: Obama up by 3. Gallup: Obama up by 2. If this holds up and Obama wins, maybe, in the spirit of the predominant narrative about McCain, we'll be told by pundits that Obama actually lost because many people who voted for Obama ...

HuffPollstrology: Candidates' Horoscopes, Polls And More For August 22
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — ... Sources: General Election Poll: Rasmussen Daily Tracking Daily tracking results are collected via telephone surveys of 1,000 likely voters per night and reported on a three-day rolling average basis. The margin of sampling error—for the full sample of 3,000 Likely Voters--is +/- 2 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Results are also compiled on a full-week basis and crosstabs for the full-week results are available for Premium Members. Like all polling firms, Rasmussen Reports weights its data to reflect the ...

HuffPollstrology: Candidates' Horoscopes, Polls And More For August 23
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — ... Sources: General Election Poll: Rasmussen Daily Tracking Daily tracking results are collected via telephone surveys of 1,000 likely voters per night and reported on a three-day rolling average basis. The margin of sampling error—for the full sample of 3,000 Likely Voters--is +/- 2 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Results are also compiled on a full-week basis and crosstabs for the full-week results are available for Premium Members. Like all polling firms, Rasmussen Reports weights its data to reflect the ...

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