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Gallup: Obama Up By 8

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Debates, McCain, Polls

The numbers stay the same as we’re probably seeing a good judge of how voters felt post-debate.

The trend on the presidential horserace showed Obama building momentum heading into Friday’s debate, moving from a tie earlier in the week to a five percentage point Obama advantage through Friday interviewing (most of which was conducted before the debate took place). The debate apparently has done nothing to halt or reverse that momentum.

Still, will the pro-Obama poll numbers add to his total?

Today’s report includes two full days of interviewing following Friday night’s debate, both of which show Obama with a healthy advantage over McCain. Tuesday’s report will provide the first fully post-debate three-day rolling average of voter preferences in the presidential election.

A USA Today/Gallup poll conducted on Saturday showed that Americans who saw the debate were more likely to say that Obama did a better job than McCain.

More tomorrow…

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