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New Track: The Economy, Taxes At Center Stage
Behind the Numbers — ... handling an unexpected major crisis. On handling a sudden emergency, each candidate has held a big lead at some point during the fall campaign, with McCain up 15 points the weekend after the nominating conventions and Obama up nine in mid-October. Among independents, 49 percent said they trust McCain more to 41 percent for Obama. Obama has not held a significant lead among those in the political middle during the fall campaign. Full data from the Post-ABC Tracking poll can be found here . By Jennifer Agiesta | October 28, 2008; 5:00 PM ET ...

Post-ABC Tracking: Better Know A Candidate
Behind the Numbers — ... they felt very well informed about McCain's views, up from 19 percent in June, it's 40 percent of Democrats on Obama's side, up from 22 percent four months ago. Among independents, 35 percent of likely voters said they felt they knew a great deal about both men vying for the presidency, an additional 38 percent felt they knew at least a good amount about both. Just one in 10 felt ill-informed on both sides. Full data from the Washington Post-ABC News daily tracking poll can be found here . By Jennifer Agiesta | October 29, 2008; 7:00 AM ET ...

The Polls - 10/29
TalkLeft — ... sticking to a tight likely voter screen - others are not. Among those hewing to a tight screen are Ras, which now shows a 3 point Obama lead, 50-47, Battleground, which also shows a 3 point Obama lead, and IBD/TIPP, which shows Obama with a 4 point lead, 48-44. The pollsters with an expanded voter screen show Obama with a more comfortable lead. Among these are Hotline, which has Obama by 7, 49-42, DKos/R200, which has Obama by 6, 50-44, and ABC/WaPo, which has Obama by 7, 52-45. The tight vs expanded effect is well illustrated by ...