New Gallup Poll: Obama 47 McCain 45

[No Passaran]

Source: Gallup.com

Obama takes the lead back. Bye bye bounce.

Read more: http://www.gallup.com/poll/107674/Gallup-Daily-Election-2008.aspx

[UndertheOcean]

1. YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY

YAAAAAAAAAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[gaiilonfong]

2. bwahhahaaha McPALIN is going back to where they wuz

LOSERS

[cliffordu]

3. I hate the fucking polls. They are useless.

That being said:


HAPPY DANCE, HAPPY DANCE, HAPPY DANCE!!!!

[calmblueocean]

4. Heh, I feel just like you do.

The polls mean nothing. Still, yay!

[No Passaran]

5. They might not mean anything

But it takes the talking point away from all the MSM when they constantly run polls and showed Obama behind. This poll had Obama behind 8 pts. At least you don't have to scream at the TV now.

[hasssan1]

6. To me polls are BS , The real poll is on NOV 4th. So start registering your friend and family and

get them to voting stations on nov 4.

[AndyTiedye]

7. Polls Are Important Because They Can't Steal It If We're Way Ahead in the Polls

[mzmolly]

23. Heh!

:rofl: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[RedSpartan]

8. Gallup Daily: Obama 47%, McCain 45%

Source: Gallup

PRINCETON, NJ -- The Sept. 14-16 Gallup Poll Daily tracking update shows Barack Obama regaining a slight, although not statistically significant, edge over John McCain, 47% to 45%, among registered voters, marking the first time since the week of the Republican National Convention that McCain has not held at least a one percentage point margin over Obama.

Read more: http://www.gallup.com/poll/110446/Gallup-Daily-Obama-47-McCain-45.aspx

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Even Gallup can't hide the fact that the tide has now turned in Obama's favor.

[SteelPenguin]

9. I wonder what the numbers actually are

What even would Gallup's numbers show if they hadn't adjusted their likely voter computation at the same time that is shown to be a drop on the graph for Obama.

Honestly I'll be shocked if Obama doesn't get over 50% on election day, and the clear winner of the electoral college. I just don't buy any of these polls anymore.

[greyghost]

14. Neither do I,

[orwell]

10. Interesting chart

McSame's low is 41% while Obama's is 43%.

McClone's high is 49% while Obama's is 50%

McJoke's highs and lows are lower. In classical chart reading that is good news.

[Tyler Generation]

11. Boom

Shacka Lacka

[Mari3333]

12. reuters also

http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN1642854220080917

[Left Brain]

13. Does that edge really matter

if we don't have integrity of the vote?

Even if this is an accurate poll (highly doubtable as Obama is, without doubt, much higher in ratings than they'll ever tell us), The right-wing voter suppression machine can make up that difference easily at the polls with not so much as a slight of hand. They put the machinery in place well over eight years ago, and little to nothing has been done to change it. In fact, their suppression methodology has expanded and become all the more exclusive.

Sorry, I don't mean to rain on your parade RedSpartan, honestly. It's just that I'm feeling we are being set up yet again to have it stolen.

And would-be flamers, OF COURSE I'm voting this fall AND voting for Obama, and OF COURSE I'm doing everything I can to promote his election. Frustration demands that I vent, however, and this thread is the unfortunate recipient of the fallout.

[No Passaran]

16. I'm in Virginia

And I can tell you that I'm really shocked that all the polls have this a close race in VA. I believe VA goes for Obama and goes big. They don't take into account all of the newly registered voters.

[BonnieJW]

20. or voters who use cell phones exclusively.

Or people with caller ID who won't answer an 800 number.

[RedSpartan]

17. It's a legitimate concern

and I share it. But with the hundreds of thousands of new registered Democrats, the ground game being put in place, and Obama's camp already taking steps to try and weed out election shenanigans, I have faith that we will prevail in the end. Turnout will be key, but I have to remain optimistic, for my own sanity if nothing else.

[Left Brain]

19. I hear you.

Now hold that hope for both of us, would you?
:hi:

[Diane R]

15. So, if Obama was at 45 for four days, then hit a 47 3-day average, what did he poll yesterday?

[StevieM]

26. According to my estimates--which are probably a little off--I think Obama had a monster day

yesterday. It seems, working backwards in the polling, that McCain and Obama were tied in the polling performed two days ago, with McCain up by 1 point three days ago. I'm basing that on the previous weeks tracking numbers and their changes, day-by-day. For Obama to suddenly have a 2-point lead he would need to have outpolled McCain by 6 points yesterday. That would produce a 1 2/3-point average for Obama, which rounds up to 2.

If Obama suddenly went from being tied with McCain in Monday's polling to beating him by 6 points in Tuesday's polling, then we could be looking at a real game-changer. A six-point sudden shift in the polling isn't normal, unless something major has changed. I'm thinking that the collapse of Lehman Brothers has refocused the election on the economy. If Obama polls at 6 points again today, then tomorrow's tracking numbers should have him up by 4 (6 on Wed, 6 on Tues, 0 on Wed).

Steve

[okieinpain]

29. I wonder if this is why he was all mcgrumpy yesterday. n/t

[ellie]

18. Finally.

[Plucketeer]

If McCain ends up in the White House

that'll PROVE there's a god and that this god is a vengeful one. :evilgrin:

[GOPNotForMe]

21. ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!

[kmdemqueen]

22. bye bye McCain

I just found out he left his disfigured wife , for a billiar wife. Stupid. I glad to see the polls starting to show what they should.

[RoccoR5955]

24. Buh Bye convention bounce, HELLO reality!

Watch these numbers gain more in Obama's favor after the debates.

[alcibiades_mystery]

25. Expect breathless reportage from David Gregory on how McCain/Palin could

have blown their lead!

Or not.

[Mz Pip]

28. And have endless advice

on how he can get back the lead. :eyes:

Watch them run all the new anti-Obama ads they can find.

[Capt. America]

27. Polls don't win elections, the electoral college is the gauge.

[Imagevision]

30. Bush in 04; "The exit polling was wrong..."