Gallup tracking poll: O: 49% M: 43% Obama got bigger bump than McCain over VP

[book_worm]

Comparing Obama's current 49% support with the 45% he received immediately before the start of the Democratic National Convention in Denver last week suggests he received a 4-point bounce out of the convention, fairly typical of past convention bounces. Aside from the past few days, Obama has only once previously attained 49% support from national voters, and that was in late July. (To view the complete trend since March 7, 2008, click here.)

The determination of this year's Democratic convention bounce is complicated by the fact that McCain announced his pick for vice president -- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin -- on the first morning after the convention, thus diverting considerable media attention to the McCain campaign that otherwise would have been focused on recapping the Democratic convention and Obama's Thursday night acceptance speech. However, even using Friday's Gallup Poll Daily tracking report as the indicator of Obama's convention bounce produces the same result. Obama was preferred by 49% of registered voters in Gallup Poll Daily tracking from Aug. 26-28, after the Democratic National Convention was underway, but before the Palin choice was made public.

Slight Vice-Presidential Bounce for McCain

Given this year's unusually condensed convention and vice presidential selection calendar, today's tracking report also represents the first three days following McCain's vice presidential announcement. McCain's 43% level of support in today's report contrasts with 41% supporting McCain right before the Palin choice was revealed, giving McCain a 2-point vice presidential selection bounce.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/109954/Gallup-Daily-Obama-Maintains-6Point-Lead-49-43.aspx

[stray cat]

1. Wait until after the GOP convention for that conclusion

[book_worm]

2. that was Gallup's conclusion of the Dem convention and VP choice, of course it doesn't include

GOP convention as yet.

[Motown_Johnny]

3. Obama at 48 or 49 for 5 days straight while McCain stays between 41 and 43 for those 5 days

that is as big a story to me as anything else here

[TheKentuckian]

4. The VP announcement saved

this from running away from McCain. A full weekend of actually discussing issues and policy may have taken this to a 15 point spread.