[Norman Bates]

Two different polls. The 48-45 from earlier was the Gallup daily tracking poll with a three day rolling sample. The 54-44 is a Gallup poll commissioned by USA Today and conducted once or twice a month.

[South40]

Exactly my point. It’s not the Gallup poll as the title suggests. It’s a USAToday poll.

[avacado]

"Two different polls. The 48-45 from earlier was the Gallup daily tracking poll with a three day rolling sample. The 54-44 is a Gallup poll commissioned by USA Today and conducted once or twice a month."

The Gallup poll of (48%-45%) is for the days of Thursday, Friday, and Saturday of registered voters.

The Gallup/USA Today poll of (54%-44%) is for the days of Friday, Saturday, and Sunday of likely voters.

This recent poll is much more significant.