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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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