CNN: McCain Convention Bounce is Gone

[scheming daemons]

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/15/cnn-poll-of-polls-mccains-convention-bounce-gone/

The bounce John McCain received in national opinion polls following his party's convention and the selection of Sarah Palin to the GOP presidential ticket appears to have evaporated, a new CNN poll of polls suggests.

In the latest CNN survey of several recent national polls, Obama and McCain are locked in a dead heat at 45 percent each with 10 percent who remain undecided with 50 days remaining until Election Day.

“When we average the latest national polls, it is increasingly clear that neither candidate has any serious momentum at the moment,” said CNN Senior Political Researcher Alan Silverleib. “The convention bounces have faded and left us with a dead heat. Even though we are now in the final stretch of this historic marathon campaign for the presidency, the White House is still genuinely up for grabs.”

CNN's latest poll of polls consists of three recent surveys: Newsweek (September 10-11), Gallup (September 12-14), and Diageo/Hotline (September 12-14). It does not have a sampling error.

[FrenchieCat]

1. Who's gonna tell it to the rest of the gossiping giggling Talking heads?

That's what I want to know.

[DarthDem]

3. If They Look Like That . . .

. . . I will deliver the bad news personally.

Razzy to the rescue in just over an hour, though.

[curious one]

9. They all know it but they have marching orders from their bosses.

[Max_powers94]

7. cute

[Nikki Stone1]

8. Are you badmouthing teenage girls?

Not a good plan.

[alsame]

2. That's the best news of the day. eom

[NC_Nurse]

4. 'Bout time!

:-)

[book_worm]

5. I wonder why they don't use research 2000 or Rasmussen?

[BuyingThyme]

6. Unfortunately for us, what they're really saying is that it was more of a

surge than a bounce.

[Bread and Circus]

10. Their plan to keep the drama going to the end ( big ratings! ) is working.

[cjsmom44]

11. RE: About Time

Now if CNN can report on the issues of this campaign instead of lipstick on a pig... ??
Cable news is such a joke...

[Cha]

12. Who's gonna tap chuckie mediawhore todd on

the shoulder and interupt his lies by filling him in on the fucking facts?

[MindMatter]

13. How do you figure?

Looking at RealClearPolitics, the latest polls they have say:

Gallup Tracking, McCain +2. On 9/1 that poll was Obama +8

Rasmussen tracing McCain +2. On 9/1, that poll was Obama +6

Hotline/FD Obama +1. On 8/31 that poll was Obama +9

Newsweek tie. The previous one was months ago.

Associated Press/Gfk McCain +4. No prior version of that poll.

Fox News McCain +3. On 8/20 that poll was Obama +3

This is pretty clear that McCain has gained about 6-10% from 2 weeks ago. I don't see how you can conclude otherwise. We can all hope that the new aggressive campaigning pose Sep11 will turn the tide, but the numbers aren't making that case yet.

[Duncan]

14. I figure it all lies. nt.