I believe these are numbers from Friday night and Saturday.
Republican voters do not poll well on Friday nights and Saturdays in the fall (especially with Halloween thrown in, too), because they’re at high school football games, kids Saturday soccer, etc.
Last minute polls (Sunday & Monday) will be more accurate, both because it’s in the best interest of the polling company to show accuracy in their final figures and because their samples will be more legit because more people are at home on Sundays than earlier in the weekend.
National poll numbers mean nothing. Nothing. All that matters at this point is state-by-state support.
Exactly, and most states seem to be within the MOE, with alot of voters still undecided (mostly white voters). That bodes well for McCain.