fivethirtyeight.com - 10/20/2008
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Well, scratch West Virginia from the swing state list for the time being. Both Public Policy Polling and Mason-Dixon have new polling out in the state, and they give John McCain leads of 8 and 6 points respectively. It's possible that this is one of those areas where McCain's attacks on Barack ...
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zogby.com - 10/19/2008
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zogby.com —
Released: October 19, 2008 Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby Poll: Obama 47.8%,
McCain 45.1% McCain slowly gains on Obama UTICA, New...
York - Republican John McCain continued a slow advance on Democrat Barack Obama in the race for President, moving back within three ...
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talkingpointsmemo.com - 10/19/2008
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talkingpointsmemo.com —
If you're thinking to yourself that there's little
more than two weeks before election day and Obama...
has a solid lead in the polls, don't be so sure. Yes, it looks good for the Democrats. But you need to play close attention to the McCain ...
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Appalachia Comes Home To McCain
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
... The polling suggests, as I suspected, that Ohio and West Virginia will go for the Republican. When Hillary Clinton became an Appalachian heroine in the primaries - yes, Hillary Clinton - you had a pretty good idea of what's at work there. ...
Before obsessing about Zogby's latest tracking poll, read Nate Silver's analysis of how "his topline numbers are unusable"
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth —
... As the election draws closer, we're probably all even more obsessive about checking the daily tracking polls for movement. I get my daily emails from Rasmussen, Gallup and Diageo/Hotline. Every day, among the many excellent posts at FiveThirtyEight.com, Nate Silver analyzes the day's national and state polls. So, I can rely on Nate to make sense of what it all means. Today, he provided some critical insight into what we should infer from Zogby: ...
Monday's campaign round-up
Political Animal —
... Minnesota, a Star Tribune poll shows Obama leading McCain by 11, 52% to 41%, Research 2000 shows Obama ahead by 13, 52% to 39%, and SurveyUSA shows Obama up by six, 50% to 44%. * In Wisconsin, Mason-Dixon shows Obama leading McCain by 12, 51% to 39%, while a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee poll shows Obama up by 15, 51% to 36%. * In West Virginia, Mason-Dixon shows McCain leading Obama by six, 47% to 41%. * In Montana, Research 2000 shows McCain leading Obama by four, 49% to 45%.— Steve Benen 12:00 PM ...
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