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| Gallup Daily: McCain Moves Ahead, 48% to 45% |
| 2008-09-07 |
| PRINCETON, NJ -- The latest Gallup Poll Daily tracking update shows John McCain moving ahead of Barack Obama, 48% to 45%, when registered voters are asked for whom they would vote if the presidential election were held today. These results are based on Sept. 4-6 interviewing, and include two full days of polling after the conclusion of the Republican National Convention last Thursday night. McCain has outpolled Obama on both Friday and Saturday, and is receiving a convention bounce just as Obama did last week. Tomorrow's report will be the first in which all interviews were conducted after the conclusion of the convention. Gallup measures convention bounces by comparing candidate support in the last poll done entirely before a party's presidential nominating convention begins with the first polling conducted entirely after its conclusion. McCain's 48% share of the vote ties for his largest since Gallup tracking began in early March. He registered the same level of support in early May. This is also McCain's largest advantage over Obama since early May, when he led by as much as six percentage points. Obama has led McCain for most of the campaign, and for nearly all of the time since clinching the Democratic nomination in early June. |
| Posted by:GolfBravoUSMC |
| #10 right: "M. Mouse" will only fly so many times |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-09-07 19:33 |
| #9 If acorn pulls off 300,000 bogus votes I doubt Ohio can be considered 'contested'. |
| Posted by: Mike N. 2008-09-07 19:00 |
| #8 They've given out 300,000 mail-in ballots in OH, which is a contested state IIUC. |
| Posted by: lotp 2008-09-07 18:49 |
| #7 Stature doesn't make her less MILFy. Her stature makes her. more MILFy. Enough with the polling data. Let's see some electoral maps. |
| Posted by: Mike N. 2008-09-07 18:49 |
| #6 It's an issue if they're giving the new voters mail-in ballots. On the other hand, the places that's most likely to happen is also the places that already belong to the Democrats... I hope. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-09-07 18:42 |
| #5 This is among registered voters. The GOP usually 3-4 points better among likely voters. Beyond that, the GOP candidate has historically gained ground between the conventions and the elections. Last time this didn't happen was 1964. ACORN and other subversive gangs can register all the illegal voters they want, getting them to show up and vote illegally is a different story. A McCain landslide is in the offing. |
| Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2008-09-07 18:23 |
| #4 As of right now, it's gonna be a very close election - and no guarantees the R ticket will win. O'b has had ACORN and others giving out mail ballots and registering 'new voters' for months. They are extraordinarily well funded and they have the tacit approval of many officials in key states. Palin's nomination is a start, but only a start. PS: maybe it's just me, but the MILF thing seems pretty disrespectful towards a Governor who's already facing being diminished to a bimbo in the descriptions of the press. I know you're saying she's hot, but could we please make a point of recognizing her stature? kthx |
| Posted by: lotp 2008-09-07 17:54 |
| #3 Don't get cocky. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-09-07 17:24 |
| #2 Palin has me pumped up about the election. I gotta get a McCain-MILF bumper-sticker! |
| Posted by: Scooter McGruder 2008-09-07 16:06 |
| #1 tomorrow's will be the first full post-convention polls. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-09-07 15:32 |