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Gallup: McCain Up By 2

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

(Sorry folks. Title was wrong. Won’t happen again.)

The race has evened out, with McCain holding a tiny lead the past three days. Rasmussen and Gallup now show the exact same spread.

Gallup thinks that undecideds are probably breaking for McCain right now…

The percentage of undecided voters in Gallup Poll Daily tracking has ranged from 6% to 8% for more than a week. This is noticeably lower than the 9% to 11% undecided seen in mid-August, just prior to the convention period.

Numerically, it appears that much of this shrinkage has benefitted McCain. For instance, in Gallup Poll Daily tracking from Aug. 20-22, the three-day period prior to Obama announcing Joe Biden as his running mate, Obama led by two points, 46% to 44%, with 10% undecided. Support for Obama is now one point lower while support for McCain three points higher. At the same time, the percentage of undecided voters has slipped from 10% to 8%.

More tomorrow…

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3 Responses to “Gallup: McCain Up By 2”

Mark Says:
September 15th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
The title is wrong.

It should be: Gallup: McCain Up By 2
Rich Horton Says:
September 15th, 2008 at 2:01 pm
Is the headline or the graph wrong?
Denots Says:
September 15th, 2008 at 2:12 pm
Wishful thinking on Justin’s part I think…

(In case it get’s fixed, original title of post: “Gallup: Obama Up By 2″)

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