CNN Poll: McCain and Obama locked in a dead heat

CNN | Jun. 7, 2008 (Poll)

WASHINGTON - The general election season opens with a neck-and-neck race between Barack Obama and John McCain, with more than one in five voters admitting that they might change their minds between now and November.

In the CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll conducted entirely after Obama became the presumptive Democratic nominee, he leads his Republican counterpart 49 to 46 percent among registered voters -- a statistical tie, given the ... Full Story »

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by Hugh Scheffy - Oct. 1, 2008

The fact that this is the "first" poll after Obama became the presumptive nominee and that it was taken before Hillary's endorsement of Obama today makes the headline of this piece a real stretch and somewhat misleading. There should have been more qualification of this poll. Further, the only source is a member of CNN.

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Headline is misleading. Add context by indicating other surrounding events, especially Hillary’s endorsement.