Posted on 10/28/2008 1:39:56 PM PDT by PJ-Comix
Your humble correspondent had figured the polls would start to narrow in the final week of the campaign but this stunning new Gallup poll shows the lead in the Presidential race narrowing much more rapidly than he had assumed. The latest Gallup poll of traditional likely voters shows the race has narrowed down to 49 percent for Barack Obama and 47 percent for John McCain. Here is Gallup's explanation of this poll:
Gallup's "traditional" likely voter model, which Gallup has employed for past elections, factors in prior voting behavior as well as current voting intention. This has generally shown a closer contest, reflecting the fact that Republicans have typically been more likely to vote than Democrats in previous elections.
Meanwhile, over at the Daily Kos, some have nervously pooh-poohed this poll but others are starting to hit the panic button. Here is a sampling of Kossacks sweating buckets with some commentary by your humble correspondent:
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Thank God I'm young at something. My bones tell me that in 2012 I'll probably have to do absentee voting.
Ditto for my college senior - and one of two roommates.
dailykos
It’s a leftist cesspool, if you catch my drift. It’s similar to MoveOn.org and Democrat Underground.
There aren’t much laughs over there. If you want a good laugh, I’d suggest you wait seven days and watch as these three sights fall in upon themselves in grief next Tuesday night.
That kid in front looks like he could do some real damage, as long as the target is an extra-large pepperoni pizza.
These people need to realize that there are a lot of Obama yard signs out there but every house with no sign at all is a McCaine voter
Taft conservatism, aka libertarianism, aka “ganja Republicanism” has a long history within the GOP. Jack Kerouac was a Republican and a National Review subscriber, and he smoked plenty of pot.
I was such a nerdy kid. I voted for Ronald Reagan when I was 19 and 23.
Don’t forget the Stelazine and Dilantin. Though they might not want to take it them long unless they want to periodically stutter around in circles clapping like the Energizer Bunny.
oooooooo I'm tellin!
I got to the part where the kid said “Because of Obama I’m going to be the next lawyer,” and I was laughing too hard to watch any more.
That would be great if there was only one lawyer at a time. In fact, we could make it an office like President. *g*
I think THE ONE will simply pass another miracle and cause more cemeteries to dish out more votes.
Whassup with McCain in Iowa? Was it ethonol?
Welcome........LOL this election is making us all feel older before our time. Hopefully we will all feel pretty good by Wednesday of next week.
keep humble,don’t act like them.
In Related News: Angry Michelle ordered a gross of Prozac today...
Pray for W, McCuda and Our Troops
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