Obama Pulls Within 10 points in Georgia (Rasmussen) CLOSEST GA POLL YET

[berni_mccoy]

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/georgia/election_2008_georgia_presidential_election

Fifty-one percent (51%) of voters in Georgia voters, generally considered a safe Republican state, favor McCain to 41% who support Obama, with 6% supporting another candidate and 2% undecided.

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But the new survey, taken within a day after Obama tallied enough delegates to capture his party’s nomination, shows only a slight tightening in the race so far.

NOTE: the poll was taken *last week*, the day after Obama secured the nomination.

Previous Rasmussen GA Polls:

06/04/2008
MC: 51%
O: 41%

05/06/2008
MC: 53%
O: 39%

03/20/2008
MC: 53%
O: 40%



This poll would techincally make GA weak-GOP according to www.electoral-vote.com

[onehandle]

1. Throw in McCain's Nader, Bob Barr.

That could cut his lead 2-4 points, maybe more.

[TroglodyteScholar]

2. Barring some catastrophe...

...we WILL win Georgia.

[Staph]

3. I would love to know

some of their polling methodology. Are they taking into account the many newly-registered Democrats? The excitement among young people and African Americans? I know a very little about polling procedures. As I understand, the pollers talk to a whole bunch of people, and then correct their numbers based on their expectations of who is most likely to vote. I believe that many of those who would not have voted in the past (and would not have been accounted for in the polling numbers) will vote this year, will be highly motivated to vote this year. And many of the traditional Republican voters will be less motivated, less interested in this year's election.

[Occam Bandage]

4. If we win GA, it means Obama has just won a historic landslide.

That said, I think we might win GA.