New poll shows Obama losing support among young, women

McClatchy by Steven Thomma | Aug. 5, 2008 (Poll)

The Illinois Democrat has also lost some support among African-Americans and Hispanics, where his lead over Republican John McCain has shrunk, and among Catholics, where he's lost his lead.

The net result, pollster John Zogby found, is a race that's neck and neck, with McCain supported by 42 percent; Obama by 41 percent; Libertarian Bob Barr by 2 percent; and independent Ralph Nader by 2 percent. Another 13 percent supported other candidates or ... Full Story »

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by Meg Stefanac - Oct. 1, 2008

In my opinion, this article says a whole lot of nothing. It relies solely on the results of one poll (Zogby) while other polls, conveniently not mentioned, show the opposite in trends. SO much depends on the nature of the poll: how the questions are phrased, whether they are asked of self-proclaimed Democrats, Republicans, Independents or other, and in what proportions, and where the polling was done -- were more people in "Red States" polled than "Blue States" and if not, what was the ratio. This article gives NONE of that information and neglects showing the results of other polling companies and therefore really provides little to no information.