Gallup: Obama And McCain Tied
By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Democrats, Independents, McCain, Polls, RepublicansAfter leading by 3 yesterday, Obama lost 1 and McCain gained 2. Rasmussen has shown tightening of the race too, with McCain making up ground the past few days, while Obama’s number holding steady.
The details…Voter preferences had been fairly evenly divided for the past week, with Obama generally holding a slight advantage of two or three percentage points. This is the first time since Gallup’s May 31-June 4 rolling average that Obama does not have at least a slim advantage over McCain. Obama’s largest lead to date has been seven points.
Since the changes from Tuesday’s results are well within the margin of sampling error, it is unclear at this point if today’s results represent a further tightening of the race. The last two individual nights of polling have, however, been more favorable to McCain that what Gallup has shown for most of June.
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June 25th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
In (perhaps) a related development, there is growing concern on the Democratic left wing that, having wrapped up the nomination, Obama may be looking to abandon them.
Now, I doubt Obama can really ditch the Left any more than he can really ditch, say, the Rev. Wright. You can’t just dismiss such a great influence on your worldview and your politics overnight and expect most voters to buy it. But with the gap closing between him and McCain, maybe he’s finally decided it’s worth a try. If that’s the case, the race is about to get a lot more interesting.