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December 2, 2008
ARCHIVE: Poll

Rasmussen’s latest count: Obama — 313 electoral votes, McCain — 174
Put Florida in the “Leans Obama” category!
At least Rasumussen — my favorite pollster because it’s so conservative that FOX News has a relationship with it — does.
After John McCain pulled even in Florida a week ago, Barack Obama is back on top this week.
The latest […]

Topics: Obama, Poll, Florida, Campaign 2008, Politics |
Poll: The Early Line, 10/27   Oct. 27, 2008

Obama/Biden: 50%
McCain/Palin: 42%
Undec: 5%
–For the first time ever McCain and Obama are tied on the question of who’s more prepared to lead. A week ago (10/20), McCain was ahead on this question by 8 pts.
–Congressional Democrats have expanded their lead over Republicans on the generic ballot question, with Democrats now up by 10 pts. 47-37%. […]

Topics: Poll, Campaign 2008 |
Poll: The Early Line 10/22   Oct. 22, 2008

Obama/Biden 47%
McCain/Palin 42%
Undec 8%
- McCain now leads men by 8% — his largest lead among them in more than a month. In the survey completed 9/19, McCain also led men by 8%.
- Enthusiasm continues to grow among supporters of the GOP ticket. 54% of McCain voters now say they are enthusiastically supporting the AZ Sen., […]

Topics: Poll, Campaign 2008 |

The new NBC/Wall St. Journal poll shows Barack Obama opening up a 10 point lead — 52 to 42 — over John McCain. The Democrat’s lead was six points in the same poll two weeks ago.
Interestingly, the biggest factor driving voters away from McCain is not his close ties to George Bush, it’s his choice […]

Topics: McCain, Poll, GOP Incompetence, Campaign 2008 |
Poll: The Early Line 10/21   Oct. 21, 2008

Obama/Biden: 47%
McCain/Palin: 41%
Undec 8%
–After opening an 8-10 pt. lead late last week, Obama’s lead has narrowed to 6 pts. Obama has a 7 pt. lead (49-42%) in the battleground states.
–McCain has gained 4 pts. among white men since last week (10/14), and now leads Obama among this group 53-36%. Obama’s 1pt. lead among white women […]

Topics: Poll, Campaign 2008 |
Poll: The Early Line 10/20   Oct. 20, 2008

Obama/Biden 47%
McCain/Palin 42%
Undec 8%
- Obama’s 5% lead in today’s Diageo/Hotline release is his smallest advantage in the tracker since the poll conducted 10/5-7.
- After leading white LVs by just 2% as recently as 8/10, McCain has now held a 9% margin for three consecutive days.
- The enthusiasm gap between the candidates is now 16%. 68% […]

Topics: Poll, Campaign 2008 |
The Early Line 10/17   Oct. 17, 2008

Obama/Biden 50%
McCain/Palin 40%
Undec 7%
- Obama’s 10% lead in today’s Diageo/Hotline release equals his largest advantage ever in the tracking poll. The Dem nominee also led 50-40% in the poll completed 10/10.
- Obama now leads 50-37% on who would do the best job handling the economy, the fifth consecutive day he has led the issue by […]

Topics: Poll, Campaign 2008 |

Obama is right — don’t get complacent:
A new Gallup Poll of likely voters has Democrat Barack Obama with a 49 percent to 47 percent lead over Arizona Sen. John McCain.
That puts McCain closer in the presidential race than other polls, which have Obama with leads of between 3 and 14 percentage points, according to […]

Topics: Obama, Poll, Campaign 2008 |
Poll: The Early Line 10/16   Oct. 16, 2008

Obama/Biden 49%
McCain/Palin 41%
Undec 7%
- Obama now holds a commanding advantage in battleground states. The Dem nominee leads 55-33% among LVs in CO, FL, MI, NH, NM, NV, OH, PA, VA and WI. A week ago, in the survey completed 10/8, he led these voters 50-42%.
- For the second consecutive day, the candidates are tied among […]

Topics: Poll, Campaign 2008 |
Poll: The Early Line   Oct. 15, 2008

Obama/Biden 49%
McCain/Palin 41%
Undec 7%
- Obama is carrying nearly twice as many as GOPers as McCain is Dems. In the latest Diageo/Hotline tracking poll, 11% of GOPers support Obama while McCain takes just 6% of Dems.
- Obama is now leading McCain 52-34% on who LVs prefer to handle the economy; among Indies, he’s up even more, […]

Topics: Poll, Campaign 2008 |
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