Posted on 10/08/2008 10:13:39 AM PDT by Chet 99
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has a slim 2-point lead on Republican rival John McCain in a tight White House race, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Wednesday.
Obama led McCain by 47 percent to 45 percent in the national poll, within the margin of error of 2.8 percentage points. Obama led by 3 points in Tuesday's poll.
Four percent of voters said they were still undecided.
The daily tracking poll, which will sample public opinion until the November 4 election, showed Obama leading among two crucial swing voting blocs. He has a 9-point advantage among independents and a 7-point edge among women.
"This race is at equilibrium," pollster John Zogby said, adding neither candidate has been able to take full advantage of voter unhappiness with the country's direction.
"We are seeing an electorate that is frustrated with Washington," he said.
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
They were trying to contrive a situation where McCain had to have a “knockout” in the debate, and declare him the loser when he didn’t deliver. Maybe McCain’s internals tell a different story... go easy in the debate, continue to hit hard on the stump.
I know things backfired on Bush 41 when he tried to go hard in a townhall, and that pony-tailed guy started crying.
Are most of these polls showing that McCain isn’t adding to his numbers and the movement is all backwards on the Obama numbers?
Interesting.
So McCain is essentially tied with Obama again. You’d never know it by the full-court press the Democrats and their friends are putting on right now - they claim the momentum is entirely with Obama and this race is essentially over. Even some Republican commentators seem to agree. Thankfully the voters will decide, not commentators.
Polls from RCP as of today......
National Gallup Tracking Obama 52, McCain 41 Obama +11
National Rasmussen Tracking Obama 51, McCain 45 Obama +6
National Reuters/CSpan/Zogby Tracking Obama 47, McCain 45 Obama +2
National Hotline/FD Tracking Obama 45, McCain 44 Obama +1
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/latestpolls/index.html
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
I hope this is a replay of 1980; too close to call, Carter up by a few points, Reagan talking straight to the people...
What I wonder is: With all the overflow rallies that Sarah is having, why isn’t that showing in the polls???
Methinks Obama is slipping a bit. Maybe McCain did better in the debate than we thought.
These are pre-debate numbers. The daily trackings won’t reflect the debate until tomorrow.
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