Gallup Daily: Obama Stretches Lead to 8 Points (interviews, Republican, polls)

[blacknight04]

PRINCETON, NJ -- The latest Gallup Poll Daily tracking finds Barack Obama moving to an eight percentage point lead over John McCain, 49% to 41%.

Gallup Daily: Obama Stretches Lead to 8 Points

[scarlet52698]

The latest results include interviews from Tuesday through Thursday night, though most of the interviewing was conducted before Obama's acceptance speech late Thursday.

bolding mine

Interesting

[renee_cal]

That lead wont last long!

[TuborgP]

Gallup Daily: Obama Stretches Lead to 8 Points
Gallup has measured the convention bounce for candidates in previous years by comparing the last poll conducted entirely before the convention began with the first poll conducted entirely after the convention concludes. That historical calculation is complicated this year by the intense media focus on McCain's selection of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his vice presidential running mate on Friday, and the increasing focus on next week's Republican National Convention.

McCain has clearly tried to blunt the full measuring of the convention and for Gallup there will only be any day that measures the full impact of the convention without any impact of Palin. Today Saturday is the first day to measure the full impact of the convention but it will also include the first day of the Palin selection since it was early in the day. Will all be interesting the battle of the polls right now.

[TuborgP]

Originally Posted by renee_cal

That lead wont last long!

remember people can go back and remind you of this in a week. Obamatrons take note and remember.

[sanrene]

That will change in the next few days - week. There you go tuborg - I've covered myself sufficiently in my prediction.

That speech was so.....yesterday.

[.....think]

Originally Posted by TuborgP

remember people can go back and remind you of this in a week. Obamatrons take note and remember.

Im pro obama but the 8 points wont last trust me, republican national convention will trim this down.

However im looking the polls at the states that do matter Obama has to just win the dem states and colorado now or any state with 9 electric collages and he wins

McCain would have made extremely hard if he chose Romey because of michigan.

But McCain greatly despises him and he has a temper so this was a emotional decision not a smart one.

Palin undermined his main attacks on Obama on inexperience

[normie]

I don't usually care about polls, but this will be an interesting week to watch the Gallup.

[SLCPUNK]

Originally Posted by sanrene

That will change in the next few days - week. There you go tuborg - I've covered myself sufficiently in my prediction.

That speech was so.....yesterday.

Yes and today Yahoo search results are showing 74 percent for Obama and 26 percent for McCain.

[normie]

Originally Posted by SLCPUNK

Yes and today Yahoo search results are showing 74 percent for Obama and 26 percent for McCain.

Really? Cool!