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Gallup Daily Tracking: Obama 46%, McCain 44%
GALLUP ^ | June 21, 2008

Posted on 06/21/2008 10:39:12 AM PDT by nwrep


(Excerpt) Read more at gallup.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008polls; electionpresident; gallup; mccain; obama; tossups
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1 posted on 06/21/2008 10:39:12 AM PDT by nwrep
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To: nwrep

Hey Newsweek, nice try!


2 posted on 06/21/2008 10:40:08 AM PDT by moose2004 (Go Ahead, Make My Day,)
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To: moose2004

LOL. Yeah. This poll is more like it.


3 posted on 06/21/2008 10:40:53 AM PDT by GOP_Lady
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To: nwrep

Barry received little to no bump after receiving the Dem nomination. He is screwed.


4 posted on 06/21/2008 10:46:49 AM PDT by frankjr
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To: frankjr

B.O. should be way out in front at this stage of the game.

Hope. Change.


5 posted on 06/21/2008 10:48:23 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Given such dismal choices, I guess I'll vote for the old guy.)
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To: frankjr

Oh no, now Newsweek will have to rush out another poll and show Obama up by 20 points. The Newsweek editors are freaking out.


6 posted on 06/21/2008 10:50:44 AM PDT by moose2004 (Go Ahead, Make My Day,)
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To: nwrep

Newsweek reporting is suspect. Gallup has Obama up by 2. Rasmusseen has Obama up by 5. Fox News has Obama up by 4. These polls are more in the ballpark of where the race stands.


7 posted on 06/21/2008 10:51:40 AM PDT by yongin
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To: nwrep

Hey McCain. If you can’t beat this anti-American clown by double digits, you are a complete incompetent and a complete disgrace.


8 posted on 06/21/2008 10:51:45 AM PDT by raptor29
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To: nwrep; moder_ator

This is a duplicate post. One came out earlier today.


9 posted on 06/21/2008 10:53:44 AM PDT by PSYCHO-FREEP (Juan McCain....The lesser of Three Liberals.")
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I'm sorry, but a national poll is nowhere as important as the individual state polls. The national election is won at the state level.

Obama can have a 60-40 lead nationally, but unless he wins enough states, he will lose.

He can even win the popular vote by a big margin and still lose.

10 posted on 06/21/2008 10:54:42 AM PDT by rawhide
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He can even win the popular vote by a big margin and still lose.

Numeours analyses have shown over the years that this is an impossibility. If a person wins by more than 3 percentage points nationally, there is no way he will lose the electoral college.

Obama can have a 60-40 lead nationally, but unless he wins enough states, he will lose.

The above statement is absurd. Anyone who wins 60-40 is looking at a 500+ electoral vote sweep.

11 posted on 06/21/2008 11:02:25 AM PDT by nwrep (The foregoing should be read as disparaging of Mr. Obama and his family)
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To: rawhide

Assuming a national poll is properly weighted, a candidate who is far ahead in the polls and far ahead in the popular vote is the candidate who will win.


12 posted on 06/21/2008 11:02:35 AM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain -- Those denying the War was Necessary Do NOT Support the Troops!)
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To: PSYCHO-FREEP

Not really. Can you provide the link?


13 posted on 06/21/2008 11:02:52 AM PDT by nwrep (The foregoing should be read as disparaging of Mr. Obama and his family)
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To: nwrep

My point is that a national poll is not as important at the individual state polls. I stand by that statement.


14 posted on 06/21/2008 11:10:36 AM PDT by rawhide
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He can even win the popular vote by a big margin and still lose.

If that happens there WILL be riots this time. If the election is even close and bambi loses.....riots riots riots. McCain has to win by a landslide to keep the peace. This is a scary election in so many different ways.

15 posted on 06/21/2008 11:11:59 AM PDT by HerrBlucher (Remember drill here now!)
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To: rawhide

Of course but this far out from the election this is just part of the game.

Hopefully this is a good sign being all the good work the media has put in for Obama. The resistance is clearly evident and that’s a good sign nationally.

People need to learn more about the real Obama not the propaganda spewing Obamanation.

Let’s talk about Rezko and Obama and the little energy business thing in Iraq.
Good place to start.


16 posted on 06/21/2008 11:15:09 AM PDT by romanesq
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To: nwrep

If election year summer polls really meant anything we would have horrific memories of President Dukakis,or President Kerry.


17 posted on 06/21/2008 11:15:48 AM PDT by oldsalt (There's no such thing as a free lunch.)
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To: nwrep

http://news.aol.com/political-machine/2008/06/20/aol-straw-poll-june-20-27/

My favorite.........AOL straw poll.


18 posted on 06/21/2008 11:24:54 AM PDT by BARLF
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To: rawhide

Sure, that statement is quite correct and defensible. I agree with it also. I was just trying to point out that if national polls show a wide gap (say 5-10%) then the EC follows. In close elections, like we have had recently, nationall polls are meaningless.


19 posted on 06/21/2008 11:27:48 AM PDT by nwrep (The foregoing should be read as disparaging of Mr. Obama and his family)
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To: frankjr

Barry received little to no bump after receiving the Dem nomination. He is screwed..

...considering he has not yet received said nomination, which will occur at the convention and not before, a bump at this point should not be expected, nor should it be used as evidence concerning the candidate’s electability...


20 posted on 06/21/2008 11:29:34 AM PDT by IrishBrigade
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