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Gallup: Obama Up By 5

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

With Rasmussen showing Obama up by 2 for the past three days, and Gallup showing him up by 5 for 3 of the past 4, I think it’s probably a good guess that this race is starting to get a bit more stable.

Here’s Gallup’s take on the numbers…

Today’s result, based on Aug. 9-11 interviewing, is identical to where the race stood in Monday’s report. It represents a slightly stronger performance for Obama than the average 3-point lead he has held since early June, though, in terms of being a meaningful change, it will be important to see whether Obama can sustain a 5-point or better lead in the coming days.

Aside from the bounce in support Obama received around the time of his recent overseas trip to Europe and the Middle East, the last time he led McCain by at least five points for two or more consecutive days was at the start of July.

More tomorrow…


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2 Responses to “Gallup: Obama Up By 5”

  1. d. Says:
    August 12th, 2008 at 2:21 pm

    Something I’ve been wondering for a while.

    Are the equivalent graphs, as shown above (for a time period from July-November), available for the GOP/Dem candidates for the 2004 and 2000 elections?

  2. Justin Gardner Says:
    August 12th, 2008 at 3:59 pm

    @d. – I’m sure you could find them somewhere, but I’m certainly not going to go track them down. :-)

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