Wow. Here’s the reason that no one should be calling this race with 18 days to go:
…In Florida today, 10/17/08, absentee balloting underway and early voting about to begin, Republican John McCain edges Democrat Barack Obama 49% to 47%, according to a SurveyUSA poll.
SurveyUSA, 10/16 • 553 LV, MoE ±4.3%
Some thoughts from the SUSA [...]
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Quinnipac has polling out today reflecting a pre-debate sample and a post-debate sample. Both samples have Obama leading in Florida, going from +6 before the debate to +8 after.
Now, Quinnipac is one of my favourite polling outfits, because of their methodology and the detail into which their polls delve, but I think this is being [...]
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This is a slow news week, politically, both locally and nationally. As we creep up to the first presidential debate Friday night, I want to highlight some polls from yesterday and today. Colorado is as close as it gets, and it’s a vital battleground. If Obama doesn’t win Virginia (although polling is looking good [...]
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Ahead of tomorrow’s weekly presidential race prediction, I wanted to highlight a recent poll out of Virginia. The poll was commissioned by Public Policy Polling (PPP), which is a Democratic-affiliated polling operation, and the poll only has Obama up by 2, within the margin of error, so take this all with a grain of [...]
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