fivethirtyeight.com - 9/1/2008
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Both daily tracking polls now show Barack Obama moving slightly off his convention peaks. Gallup now has his lead at 6 points -- down from 8 points yesterday -- whereas Rasmussen has it at 3 points, down from 4 points yesterday. Under typical conditions, we would expect the convention bounce ...
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Palin Factor In New Gallup Poll With Obama 6 Point Lead?
The Moderate Voice —
... Gallup says that just as Obama’s selection of Sen. Joe Biden as Veep didn’t produce a visible bump, McCain could find that Palin’s selection hasn’t altered the basics for him, either. What does this and other polls mean? FiveThirtyEight has an intriguing analysis and here’s part of it: ...
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