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Gallup: Obama Leads By 4

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Democrats, Independents, Polls, Republicans

McCain had a net 2 point gain today as he added 1 and Obama lost 1.

However, as a commenter pointed out to me after my Rasmussen post today, these numbers may be more indicative of the perception earlier in the week that Obama was moving to the center, and not McCain’s “whiners” controversy at the end of it.

Still, Gallup suggests that the public’s attention span could be short right now…

While the candidates continue to campaign in earnest and attempt to draw distinctions between themselves and their opponent, the public may not be paying the same rapt attention it was during the primaries. Thus, voter preferences appear to be fairly well locked in for the moment, with Obama as the front-runner.

Just imagine how short the public’s attention span will be during the Olympics.

More tomorrow…

This entry was posted on Saturday, July 12th, 2008 and is filed under 2008 Election, Barack, Democrats, Independents, Polls, Republicans. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

One Response to “Gallup: Obama Leads By 4”

Jeremy Says:
July 12th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
Justin, why no mention of Nader/Gonzalez as presidential/vice president candidates?

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