The Candidates
Rasmussen Reports General Election Daily Tracking Poll(9/5)
Without Leaners
- Obama - 46%
- McCain - 45%
With Leaners
- Obama - 48%
- McCain - 46%
As Scott notes, “The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Friday shows the beginning of John McCain’s convention bounce and the race is essentially back where it was before Barack Obama’s bounce.”
September 5th, 2008 at 11:33 am
McCain may pull even by tomorrow.
September 5th, 2008 at 11:35 am
I expect Gallup to drop Obama’s lead to 4% or 5%
today from the 7% yesterday.
September 5th, 2008 at 11:36 am
McCain will be 5-7 points ahead once the two big convention nights are fully factored in.
September 5th, 2008 at 11:37 am
3. I expect in Rasmussen about a 3% lead but you may
be right - that would be nice.
September 5th, 2008 at 11:52 am
So the people who said Palin was a disaster, what do you think now?
September 5th, 2008 at 12:04 pm
Hey these numbers are good and all but shouldn’t we be focusing on the polls in swing states like OH, MI, FL, PA, CO, etc.?
September 5th, 2008 at 12:06 pm
See article below. This is the best news. I hate Jann Wenner. What an idiot…I’m going to go look at a copy of US Weekly and make a list of their advertisers……
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Three celebrity weeklies — OK!, People and Us Weekly — featured Sarah Palin on their cover, but one of those magazines is reportedly losing subscribers because of it.
Us Weekly, which unlike People and OK!, chose a rather caustic cover line (“Babies, Lies and Scandal”) is said to have lost thousands of subscribers in just the first 24 hours following the printing of the issue.
“I’m hearing it’s 5,000, maybe more,” says one well-placed source in the industry. Another source claimed that as many as 10,000 readers have already cancelled their subscriptions. A spokesperson for Wenner Media, which publishes Us, says “it is completely false that we are losing 10,000 subscribers.” As for the 5,000 estimate, the spokesperson only said “that is false, too,” but wouldn’t comment further.
Five thousand might not seem like a large number at first glance, but it’s significant in the context of Us’s printing schedule. The magazine goes to press Monday night, which means subscribers don’t receive their issues until Friday or Saturday. In other words, the cancellations are coming from subscribers who, in many cases, haven’t even gotten their hands on the actual issue.
“When Us went to print Monday night, it looked like the ticket was falling apart,” says one magazine editor. “They went to print thinking Palin was dead in the water, and their mistake was thinking everyone who reads Us is a Democrat, when they’re not. Readers are loyal, but the base of a political party is more loyal. They don’t need to read the magazine when there’s so much press around it to know to be upset.”
Upset might be an understatement: One Us advertiser has admitted that they’ve received calls from angry former subscribers threatening to boycott their products. “(Us publisher) Jann Wenner supports Obama, Wenner media decided to follow the buzz around Palin before her speech, and now subscribers feel like a vote has been cast on their behalf,” says another magazine editor. “It’s going to be tough to bounce back from this one. Especially if the advertisers get involved. If they get nervous, that can hurt all of us.”
September 5th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
Gallup is now at 48-44 (only 1 of the 3 days of tracking includes the Palin speech, no days include
the McCain speech)
September 5th, 2008 at 12:21 pm
Palin! Palin! Palin! Palin! Palin! Palin! Palin! Palin!
September 5th, 2008 at 12:40 pm
FOX NEWS
They are showing the OPRAH Story.. WOWOW!
September 5th, 2008 at 12:43 pm
did you guys see (Oprah) statement?!?!?!?!?!…is she serious?…delusional?…..maybe just nuts???
September 5th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
#11, what was it?
September 5th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
i can’t do it justice….(paraphrasing) but something like she won’t give a candidate a platform…blah, blah, blah
September 5th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
Palin Power. 5x
“In addition to the millions Palin has helped raise for the campaign already, an aide said, it had five times as many volunteers help out last weekend as it usually has pitching in.” - McCain Camp.
September 5th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
why do I see Steve Schmidt’s finger prints on this bit with Oprah.. I love it! hehehe
Let’s see how long until zerO gallops along on his high-horse to rescue the dame (O) from the mean and questioning press… Let them fight it out…
Meanwhile, back in living rooms across america, there’s a giant wind starting to stir…
September 5th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
here:http://www.tmz.com/2008/09/05/oprah-to-palin-i-can-pencil-you-in-later/
September 5th, 2008 at 1:03 pm
Here’s the statement: “The item in today’s Drudge Report is categorically untrue. There has been absolutely no discussion about having Sarah Palin on my show. At the beginning of this Presidential campaign when I decided that I was going to take my first public stance in support of a candidate, I made the decision not to use my show as a platform for any of the candidates. I agree that Sarah Palin would be a fantastic interview, and I would love to have her on after the campaign is over.”
For the record, Barack Obama has been on “Oprah” twice — in January, 2005 and again in October, 2006 — before he announced his run for Prez.
September 5th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
Gallup Tracking is out, Obama is down to +4, from +7 yesterday…..
September 5th, 2008 at 1:56 pm
Obama is tanking fast. That’s a big drop for just one day. The question is….will it last? We’ll see, but things look good. I honestly thought that Obama would have a small lead after McCain’s convention was over.
September 5th, 2008 at 2:27 pm
Let’s see..in 2004 Kerry was leading all summer, then Bush took a small lead after the convention and basically never lost it….i wonder if history repeats? too soon to tell….
September 5th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
Apparently at least according to preliminary numbers, more ppl watched McCain’s speech than Obama’s… 40 mil!
September 5th, 2008 at 2:30 pm
SORRY… we dont have the numbers of viewers yet (so ignore that 40 mil number)… McCain had higher ratings than bama, according to prelim results.
http://www.tvweek.com/news/2008/09/mccain_tv_ratings_beat_obama_i.php
September 5th, 2008 at 2:51 pm
some 40000 people show up for the ralley in Wisconsin today.
September 5th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
Demand for tickets for tonight’s Michigan rally is way over expectations.
September 5th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
#19.
You’re speaking too soon.
The bounce only includes Palin’s speech (one day). So, we may see even more bounce. We will have to wait until at least Monday to see if there was any real effect from the RNC. Then we have to wait and see what happens over the next 8 weeks.
September 5th, 2008 at 3:41 pm
I’m still waiting for the debates. Those will be the last (scheduled) disruptive events before the election. And where I think McCain can finally push a durable lead.
September 5th, 2008 at 4:34 pm
#5 I still think she’s a disaster. Notice how we’re not letting her anywhere near the press? She may be great for the base, but she’s shite for pulling in independents. I know, I know, but you asked. We’ll have to see how it plays out. Hopefully I’m wrong.
September 5th, 2008 at 4:36 pm
the rally is inside right? perhaps they setting up something outside.