Gallup Daily: Obama-Biden Ticket Leads by 6 Points

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[KavMan]

, NJ -- Gallup Poll Daily tracking from Aug. 28-30, including two days of interviewing since the close of the Democratic National Convention, finds Barack Obama with a six percentage point lead over John McCain in the presidential contest, 48% to 42%.

[Mr. Silverback]

Though I’d like to think that those Thursday numbers are from Obamabi’s speech and the fall the next day is all about Palin, I think that the Tuhursday pol is a big, fat outlier. I’m a little surprised they published those results. Nobody goes from a three point gap to an 18 point gap in 24 hours.

[Paleo Conservative]

The polls are just media tools.

That's what I was implying.

[101voodoo]

Just go to the Gallup site and look at the rolling averager. Obama peaked on the 28th and has been even to down since.

[manc]

I can honestly see Mccain winning NH.

Lieberman needs to start living in south FL and Romney needs now to set up camp for the duration in MI

The rest are tough for us and them.
I still think VA will go to Mccain but it will take the left part of VA to get out and for evangelicals there to come out in force as well as veterans to off set the liberals who have ruined their state and now heading south to ruin another state by their dumb no thinking, liberal foolish voting..

Lets not forget WV too but I think Obama will win PA because of the illegal voting and cheating done in Philly

[manc]

I’ver never been polled and know of no one

does gallup only poll in the north east and the west coast or something

?????????????????

[uncbob]

It's silly to think that the Dems will somehow have "more" vote fraud than before. They always have some, and it's seldom enough.

It sure helped them here in PA in2000/2004 with black Philly areas turning out 99%
without it they lose PA

[CA Conservative]

But it’s going by a 3 day rolling average, that big Thursday # came off so for Obama to still be ahead by 6, he jumped 10 points today assuming the estimates are right =P

Unless I'm mistaken, Thursday's results will not roll off until tomorrow - today's average shows results from Thursday, Friday and Saturday. If I'm correct, tomorrow should show a drastic closing of the race.

[comebacknewt]

Was hoping for a little bigger dropoff, but the trend is still in the right direction. As long as it does not reverse, or stall out, this will be extremely good news for the McCain camp.

So far, it suggests the bump was rather modest and short-lived. Lets hope it continues.

[JerseyDvl]

I can see your point and you are correct when you stress diligence.

It should be noted that although the media is more in the tank than ever, people are seeing Obama for who he truly isn’t.

There will be a backlash from the blatant sexism, false charges, and scandalous claims about her sons birth.
This is one special PERSON and the party of tolerance is being vile and inhuman.

As much as I disdain the people who are playing this very dangerous game, I think the strategy behind the Palin pick is pure genius and the Dems know it.

If Barack had chosen Hildabeast, these #’s would be drastically different.
Instead, the tickets are neck and neck with this extremely fluid situation dictating that what happens this week is key. McCain and Palin need to handle the hurricane situation well, if only in an observe and advise roll. It’s symbolic sincee they won’t be able to do much. Perception is reality and he can’t provide the media with fodder at this point. I think the show should go on and by the time Thursday comes around, McCain should go to New orleans and give his speech there..LIVE! What do you think of that?
Poor, little, doee-eyed Obambi is forced to mouth the same charges he fought so hard against just a month ago....and now he wants to compare his record to an Executive?

Kerry flopped yet again and now says that Palin is too much like Cheney! Does this mean too much experience?
She knows the company HALLIBURTON...and not just some people ....but all of HALLLIBURTON!

This is comical and once the Good McCain Ad’s roll accusing the ‘Rats of sexism while comparing resumes of US vs. THEM, the Repub Oppo Research Team’s hard effort will have paid off.

[LS]

So in 2008 they get 100%? Come on.

[bill1952]

>Be of good cheer, but don't get cocky. We are looking at a 40 state blow-out if we handle this properly.

You are nuts.

The level of cognitive dissonance on this forum lately is appalling.
Whistling past the graveyard...

[uncbob]

The rest of the close state will get the emphasis

[comebacknewt]

It's all the hundreds of thousands of "new voters" across the country this time that have me worried.

Many of them will be voting absentee, and with good reason -- they don't really exist.

[cookcounty]

How could he be up 6 on a 3 day rolling?

"Obama Thu Aug 28: 54 - 36"

There's the entire answer right there....a huge one day bounce, which was immediately lost at the first mention of Palin.

[tomkat]

it’s bullshite

[sefarkas]

McCain should go to New Orleans and give his speech there..LIVE!

Combined with a half-time length acceptance address would be another wonderful step in the process of throwing Sen. Obama off his game. I think the delegates and their schedule be damned; whenever half-time starts, that's when the speech starts. And there won't be enough time for the phony nonsense of ovations and cheering when McCain starts his address.

[CT]

Obama needs a genuine 10 point lead to break even with McPalin. Too many people lie to the pollsters. I now think our side will likely win in November. Not too optimistic, but the big guns that will show Obama and Biden as the empty suits that they are (with apologies to clothes hangers across the US)have not even brought their powder out.

[Paige]

Gallup is skewing this data. Zogby shows McCain two points ahead 47% to 45%.

[tallyhoe]

The Rasmussen daily tracking poll had Obama 47%, McCain 44%.

but if you look at the sample rate the Dem’s were 40.6% and the Republican sample was 31.6% with 27.8% unaffiliated. so it is slanted toward the Democrats by almost 10% Same prbably goes for the Gallup poll! I tried for their info but it was not available.

[madameguinot]

It’s also a holiday weekend poll. Those are always skewed.