Tracking Polls Continue Trend towards McCain

realclearpolitics ^ | OCT 9 2008 | housedeep

[housedeep]

Battlegroun O 48 M 45 (gain of 1 for M) Rasmussen O 50 M 45 (gain of 1 for M)

[IrishMike]

John Zogby said the race mirrors the 1980 election, when voters didn’t embrace Ronald Reagan over then-President Jimmy Carter until just days before the election.

“The Sunday before the election the dam burst,” Zogby said of the 1980 tilt. “That’s when voters determined they were comfortable with Reagan.”

Now voters are wrestling with two senators with opposite resumes - Obama, at 47, the unknown, and the established 72-year-old McCain.

[InterceptPoint]

Finally a little good news. Keep the faith. We’re gaining.

[Don'tMessWithTexas]

When this is combined with the other polls showing a gap of 2 to 3 points, it’s still for the taking.

[Old Retired Army Guy]

All of the polls seem pretty tight including Zogby, but what’s with that Gallup Tracking?

[BibChr]

Ah, for once and at last: some good news.

[housedeep]

i have said all along i think its a late break towards McCain in the last 72 hours of the election

McCain has razor thin victory with 274 electoral votes

[BibChr]

Here’s what I want: a side-by-side of ALL the polls currently, and at this point, last election, with the actual final results.

[Don'tMessWithTexas]

Ras gave Barry a lead of 9 points just a day or so ago. That means that McCain must have had some really good polling.

[Galtoid]

Gallup idiots are tracking registered voters, not likely. I believe it’s intentional.

[1Old Pro]

The more voters learn about Obama’s RADICAL past and radical intentions, the less they want that kind of “change”.

[cvq3842]

I was thinking about that too!

[nomad]

Amen people,we`re having an impact!Keep up the REAL truth squad,keep hammering away.

[Yankee]

but what’s with that Gallup Tracking?

[wiseprince]

I would like to see the same thing. The tracking polls at this time 4 years ago

[SERKIT]

This may be more than just a little “good news”. It seems many of the pollsters over-sample DEMS, so when it got to single digits, or within their “margin of error”, it indicated to me anyway that McCain may actually be ahead.

[toddausauras]

Maybe people don’t like guys who hang out with terrorists and it’s sticking.

[housedeep]

i still think Rasmussen has a deeply flawed poll

but i do believe in seeing trends...and there is a sure trend back towards mccain.

[The Great RJ]

Despite the gains, McCain will have to do better in the next debate than in the last snore fest. While Obama was glib he was just repeating the same old mantras. McCain needs to take lessons from Palin and get some fire in the belly and call Obama on the carpet about Bill Ayers and Jeremiah Wright. How about asking Lord Obama what he thinks about those who call on God to curse America.

[CatOwner]

Maybe people don’t like guys who hang out with terrorists and it’s sticking.

At a minimum, it is causing some people to question how much they/we know about Obama. Hopefully those include some of the undecided/swing voters.