July 12, 2008
Poll Watch: Gallup Daily General Election Tracking (7/12)
Gallup Daily General Election Tracking Poll
- Barack Obama 47%
- John McCain 43%
Survey of 2,641 registered voters was conducted July 9-11. The margin of error is ±2 percentage points.
http://race42008.com/2008/07/12/poll-watch-gallup-daily-general-election-tracking-712/trackback/
July 12th, 2008 at 1:04 pm
Being realistic is a key, so people will not be disappointed. You have one poll that shows McCain and Obama tied. Rammusen a Gallup poll showed this for a day a few weeks ago too. I think we all know that McCain is behind. The state polls and electoral map show that.
Being confident is fine but being realistic is important. McCain and Obama are tied in the Ram poll today 1 day. Not in the rest.
Where did the lead that Obama had in this poll go? Did it go for McCain or to the undecided colum, or I will sit this one out col………it went to both colum.
Instead of changing their minds and saying, I will vote for McCain over Obama it went to none of the above.
The climate for the GOP is bad right now and the economy and things will probably not get any better. Then there is the Bush factor.
I want to ask this question, this is a republican website correct? Then why isn’t there a picture of the reigning president on this site? If this site can put his picture on here because they feel it will make McCain lose, that is a guess then what is McCain going to do about him. Graham needs to shut his trap and McCain needs training on how to keep his freud slips in check, like “we are going to EXPLOIT” the oil companies instead of Explore…ah HELLO….. He needs to figure that out along with the Bush factor or he will not win.
July 12th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
If McCain stays within about 5 % in the near term he will win the election in November.
July 12th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
James Shultz, FWIW I responded to your question re. President Bush in the last thread, where you asked it as well.
July 12th, 2008 at 2:48 pm
Why does Obama always seem to do better on the weekends? The graph shows that he opens up big leads on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, but by Monday it is tied once again.
July 12th, 2008 at 3:04 pm
#1, I don’t want to speak for Kavon et al. who actually run the place here (and a fine job they do, I might add…I’ve been coming here for over a year) but the answer to your Bush question can be found in the url of this site, and its name: “Race42008″. President Bush is not running this year. This site was/is devoted to the Republican(s) who is/are. Its focus was on the primaries, and it has evolved by necessity.
I will state that I hope Kavon has gotten the rights to Race42012.com, though….
July 12th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
Patrick look what happens when you try to go to “race42012.com”…
July 12th, 2008 at 3:21 pm
Doug,
Excellent. I should have guessed!
July 12th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
2012? Try the rest of them.
July 12th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
>>>>Why does Obama always seem to do better on the weekends? The graph shows that he opens up big leads on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, but by Monday it is tied once again.<<<<
Because Republicans WORK on the weekdays, therefore less likely to take part in the polls. Dems are home all day. :):)
So, poll results that come out on FRI were taken on TUE, WED, THUR….etc.
July 12th, 2008 at 7:27 pm
When Gallup shows it close or tied, Rasmussen shows a 5-6 point Obama lead. When Rasmussen shows it close or tied, Gallup shows a 5-6 point Obama lead. As the only two polling firms that I genuinely trust, that have been consistently closer than SUSA, PPP, Zogby, CNN, Newsweek, ARG, and anybody else, I am in disarray.
This is good news though. It gives the media something to talk about other than Obama: front-runner, McCain: underdog. This is still wide open.
July 12th, 2008 at 7:37 pm
And this man wants to be Commander in Chief?
July 12th, 2008 at 8:21 pm
Doug, Patrick, and Kristofer,
Try replacing the “4″ with “for” as well
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July 12th, 2008 at 8:29 pm
#11 I wouldn’t attend such an event either. They set up a format favoring one candidate, before an audience favorable to the same candidate, in a state in that same candidate’s column. And then they release the information to try to embarrass you? The organizers defeat their own cause by showing obvious bias.
July 12th, 2008 at 8:34 pm
Kavon is smart. Protect your copyright. Between 2 or three of us, we own most of the Palin for VP sites. The last thing you want is a “race for” site to bring you to a Ron Paul site instead (i.e. Redstate).
July 12th, 2008 at 11:04 pm
Still you have alot of canidates who have dropped out of the race or ones like Ms Rice who will more than likely be out of Job when Bush’s term is up. But I get answer about who is running for 2008. We have to admit that McCain has alot of work to do. I mean alot. The electoral college is really all that matters and right now every site state poll etc has Obama ahead by 30-40 on some to 100-110+ on others. I am trying to think positive but realistic at the same time where things are and where they can go. Privately some people who are for McCain think that Obama will win. They say if Bush barely one in a climate where it was not so bad for the Republican then how can McCain win by 2-5% pop and enough to get to 270……….McCain, again point out your diff with Obama but market your message with anything the person who markets themselves always comes out ahead whether the product is the best or not……after that is won then the word gets around if the product is bad………..