POLLS: Obama Back on Top in Gallup (49-44) and Rasmussen (46-44) Tracking

[jefferson_dem]

Gallup Daily: Obama Recaptures Lead Among DemocratsBased on polling conducted March 7-9, 2008

USA Election 2008 Gallup Daily Americas Northern America PRINCETON, NJ -- Forty-nine percent of Democratic voters nationally support Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination compared with 44% backing Hillary Clinton, giving Obama a slight but statistically significant five percentage point lead.



For the past week Clinton and Obama had been neck and neck in national Democratic support, but preferences have now returned to where they stood in late February when Gallup Poll Daily tracking found Obama consistently ahead by a 5- to 8-point margin.

This comeback for Obama started prior to his victory in the Wyoming caucuses on Saturday, March 8, thus blunting Clinton's winning streak coming off of the March 4 primaries. Obama has led Clinton on each of the individual days
included in today's three-day rolling average, from March 7-9. -- Lydia Saad

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http://www.gallup.com/poll/104878/Gallup-Daily-Obama-Recaptures-Lead-Among-Democrats.aspx

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On Monday, the Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll shows—for the first time in a week--Barack Obama with a slight advantage over Hillary Clinton in the race for the Democratic Presidential Nomination. It’s Obama 46% Clinton 44%. Yesterday, Clinton was up by two points (see recent daily results). Clinton is viewed favorably by 73% of Likely Democratic Primary Voters. However, that figure includes just 55% of Obama voters. Obama is viewed favorably by 69% of Likely Democratic Primary Voters, a figure that includes 43% of Clinton supporters.

http://rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/daily_presidential_tracking_poll

[GarbagemanLB]

1. Where's all that Ohio and Rhode Island momentum?!?!?

[Zachstar]

6. Her momentum is completely gone.

If Obama wins Mississippi it will be impossible for anyone to seriously say otherwise.

I am seeing Clinton supporters become Obama supporters left and right. I talked to a family member who was big for Clinton and now is for Obama.

[TwilightGardener]

2. The Big Mo! Where'd it GO???

[Kahuna]

16. Here it is!!!!!

[NJSecularist]

3. It's clear that the voters are having buyer's remorse about Hillary

[HockeyMom]

7. If they re-vote Florida

Could she lose this time? Old adage. Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it.

[Kahuna]

17. He'll need to throw the kitchen sink at her...

:evilgrin:

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

4. With a sink on his back.

:woohoo:

[kwenu]

8. LOL!!!! Yeah. He rises even with a sink on his back! Awesome!!!

[HughMoran]

5. yay

I love Level 2 - I have to be subjected to mindless drivel like this - uggh!! Time to kick on outa here...

[lapfog_1]

9. Negative only works for ONE election cycle

then, when people see they have been duped (like the NAFTA-gate "scandal") they have an adverse reaction to the negativity and those that push it. The 3am ad, being ridiculed, loses it's effect. Parody and humor are often mankind's best defense to fear.

And, I'm guessing, Hillary's endorsement of McCain did not set well with the independents and uncommitted Democrats. Not well at all.

[AnarchoFreeThinker]

10. buyer's REEEEEEEEMORSE!!!!

[TheDonkey]

19. :-p

[Scurrilous]

11. K & R

:thumbsup:

[DJ13]

12. Sounds like the majority of Dems hated Hillary's McCain endorsement too

Bad move Clinton.

:rofl:

[Kahuna]

15. I think so too. She had the nerve to repeat is several times like..

it was the best thing since sliced bread. :wtf:

Otherwise, :applause:

[txaslftist]

13. Bleh. Crap.

These polls floating between 48 and 44 for either candidate don't mean crap either way. I'm an Obama supporter, but trying to discern trends from polling results well with Pearson's R and the MOE?

Waste of time. Now, if one of the numbers goes up to, say, 70; and the other drops to 20 or so, you might see a trend there. But Rasmussin is just peddling BS.

[TheWebHead]

14. probably had something to do with Hillary channeling

Joe Lieberman... I would hope that's the reason anyways.

[Obamaniac]

18. It was those McCain comments by Hillary...

They really backfired against her.

[laugle]

20. Interesting.....

she gets more support from Obama's voters than he gets from Hillary's voters.......(see last paragraph)

[apocalypsehow]

21. K & R.

n/t.