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washingtonpost.com - 10/27/2008

Washington Post-ABC News Poll

— washingtonpost.com — This Washington Post-ABC News tracking poll was conducted by telephone Oct. 23-26, 2008, among a random national... sample of 1,510 registered voters, including 1,314 likely voters. Interviews were conducted on both landline and cellular telephones. The ... (more) Washington Post-ABC News Poll

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voices.washingtonpost.com - 11/2/2008

WaPo-ABC Tracking: Advantage Obama

— voices.washingtonpost.com — Sen. Barack Obama holds a sizable advantage over John McCain just two days before the longest and... most expensive presidential campaign in history comes to a close. After nearly two years of ads, rallies, debates and barnstorming, Obama is up 54 to 43 ... (more) WaPo-ABC Tracking: Advantage Obama

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nypost.com - 10/26/2008

HOW JOHN MCCAIN COULD PULL OFF A FINAL WEEK UPSET - New York Post

— nypost.com — Last updated: 1:45 pm October 25, 2008 Posted: 12:54 pm October 25, 2008 The most reliable surveys... put McCain five to seven points behind Obama as we enter the last week of this interminable campaign. But in a race that will be famous for years ... (more) HOW JOHN MCCAIN COULD PULL OFF A FINAL WEEK UPSET - New ...

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10/28 Daily Kos R2K Tracking Poll: Obama 50, McCain 43
Daily Kos — ... in, we have not seen a single reputable national poll showing McCain at or above 50% in more than a month. The markets agree. This morning, IEM is Obama 86.8-13.0 and Intrade is Obama 87.8-12.2. (See Bettors give McCain bid long odds). More evidence Republicans are coming home (same as in the last R2K' tightening'): We've noted that McCain is doing well in the South and Obama elsewhere. From the ABC/WaPo poll: Obama is outperforming any Democrat back to Jimmy Carter among ...

The White Vote
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — A regional split: Obama is outperforming any Democrat back to Jimmy Carter among white voters, getting 45 percent to McCain's 52 percent. But in the South, it is a very different story. Obama fares worse among Southern whites than any Democrat since George McGovern in 1972. Whites in the East and West tilt narrowly toward Obama (he's up 8 and 7 points, respectively), and the two run about evenly among those in the Midwest. By contrast, Southern whites break more than 2 to 1 for McCain, 65 percent to 32 percent. It's ...