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06:55 PM CDT on Thursday, October 30, 2008 Dennis Woltering and Dominic Massa / Eyewitness News NEW ORLEANS - An exclusive new WWL-TV statewide poll shows the contest for president may be closer than many had predicted among Louisiana voters. In the telephone survey of 500 registered voters, ...
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Poll: Obama Virtually Tied With McCain in Louisiana
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... A new poll shows John McCain leading Barack Obama 43 percent to 40 percent in Louisiana. The poll, conducted by Loyola University pollster Ed Renwick for WWL-TV in New Orleans, has a margin of error of 4.5 percentage points. "It's closer than I thought it would be," Renwick told WWL-TV. He added that increased turnout would benefit Obama, who is winning 83 percent of the African-American vote. Obama is winning more than 90 percent of the black vote in other states. All other polls of Louisiana have shown McCain with a double-digit lead. The Pollster.com ...
Blue Louisiana?
Comments from Left Field —
Straight up disclaimer here; I believe Obama can win Louisiana about as much as I believe that I’ll grow a third leg out of the small of my back that allows me to recline comfortably without some sort of stool or chair.
But a poll is a poll, and a newly released statewide poll of Louisiana has Barack Obama within three points of McCain.
Let me repeat that; three points. If Obama manages to somehow win Louisiana, I won’t need to drink Tuesday night; I’ll already be high off of all the awesome.
This Is Getting Ridiculous
The Atlantic Politics Channel —
From Louisiana: An
exclusive new WWL-TV statewide poll shows the contest for president may
be closer than many had predicted among Louisiana voters. In the telephone survey of 500 registered voters, conducted by pollster
Ed Renwick, Republican Senator John McCain earns 43 percent of the
vote, while Democrat Senator Barack Obama receives 40 percent. Renwick
said that amounts to a statistical tie, since the poll has a margin of
error of plus or minus 4.5 points.
"It's closer than I thought ...
Obama draws even, more or less, in Louisiana
The Reaction —
... And, now, even in Louisiana, where, according to a new WWL-TV poll, the race is, given the margin of error, "a statistical tie," with McCain up by just three points, 43 to 40. ...
Obama Draws Even, More or Less, in Louisiana
The Moderate Voice —
... And, now, even in Louisiana, where, according to a new WWL-TV poll, the race is, given the margin of error, “a statistical tie,” with McCain up by just three points, 43 to 40. ...
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