Obama-Biden Ticket Leads by 6 Points

Gallup by Lydia Saad | Aug. 31, 2008 (Poll)

Gallup Poll Daily tracking from Aug. 28-30, including two days of interviewing since the close of the Democratic National Convention, finds Barack Obama with a six percentage point lead over John McCain in the presidential contest, 48% to 42%.

Though down slightly from the eight-point lead Obama held mid-convention, this represents a clear improvement for the Democratic candidate's positioning in the campaign compared to a week ago when the race ... Full Story »

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Subjects: U.S., Politics
Topics: Presidential Election 2008, Democrats, Republicans, John McCain, Obama Administration, Joe Biden
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Posted by: Posted by Leo Romero - Aug 31, 2008 - 10:24 AM PDT
Reviewed by: Leo Romero (review), Dwight Rousu (review), Fabrice Florin (review), Karen Schmitt (review), Paul Belserene (review), Dwayne Black (review)
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Dwight Rousu
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 by Dwight Rousu - Oct. 1, 2008

The Poll is mostly horse race info by nature, this one does not present correlation to issue opinions. Polling methodology is not presented clearly up front.

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Paul Belserene
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 by Paul Belserene - Oct. 1, 2008

I"m happy to see Gallop has found a way to interview cell phone users. But in a race so markedly different from recent races (race, breaking up of old coalitions, etc) the fact that this poll has a margin of error of up to 4 percentage points makes a the results reported here hardly news

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Fabrice Florin
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 by Fabrice Florin - Oct. 1, 2008
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Leo Romero
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 by Leo Romero - Oct. 1, 2008
Leo posted this story.
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Karen Schmitt
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 by Karen Schmitt - Oct. 1, 2008
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Dwayne Black
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 by Dwayne Black - Oct. 1, 2008
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