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Gallup: McCain, Obama Tied at 45%

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

Not that many were expecting a bounce from the Biden news, but the Obama camp can’t like the news that these numbers hint at.

The details…

Typically, presidential candidates have gotten a bump in the polls after naming their vice presidential running mate. Obama apparently received no immediate benefit in the polls from naming Biden as Gallup Poll Daily tracking interviews conducted during the day on Saturday still showed Obama and McCain closely matched in voter preferences for president.

The first Gallup three-day rolling average in which all interviews will have been conducted entirely after the announcement of Obama’s vice presidential selection will be reported by Gallup on Tuesday, and will give a clearer assessment of its impact on voter preferences in the presidential race.

A Biden VP pick is certainly not without its problems, and my guess is that Obama won’t see much of a bump at all from this news. Still, VP picks are for the long run, and if Biden can hold his own in the debates, that’s all most voters need to know that he’s capable if something were to happen to Obama.

More tomorrow…

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One Response to “Gallup: McCain, Obama Tied at 45%”

Avinash_Tyagi Says:
August 24th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
Too early for a Biden bump, most people need a few days to let it sink in, we’ll know by monday or tuesdya whether it creates a bump

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