Zogby:....Race.close

[George Shelps]

Released: October 26, 2008
Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby Poll: Obama 49.4%, McCain 44.1%


McCain gains as race continues to tighten
UTICA, New York =96 Republican John
McCain continues to gain on Democrat Barack Obama, reducing Obama's lead
to 5.3 points with just over a week to go before Election Day, the
latest Reuters/C=96SPAN/Zogby national daily tracking poll shows
.
The race now stands at 49.4% to 44.1% in favor of Obama. Obama led
McCain by 9.5 points in yesterday's report.

"There is no question that this race continues to tighten and that
McCain is finding his message again," said Pollster John Zogby. "It is
after all about the economy and that is how McCain tightened it up the
last time. I have said over and over again, when he focuses on
extraneous issues, he screws up.

In today's single day of polling, it was 49% to 46% in favor of Obama.
McCain has moved his own numbers each of the three days and Obama has
gone down from 5j4% to 50% to 49%. I have alluded before to this
strange, magnetic pull that brings Obama down to 48% or 49%, a danger
zone for him. McCain's gains are among white voters, where he now leads
by 12 points, and with men, where he again has a healthy lead. There is
still a lot of campaign to go. A lot of campaign to go."

[Richard Carnahan]

Post by George Shelps
Released: October 26, 2008
Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby Poll: Obama 49.4%, McCain 44.1%

10-28-08:
Barack Obama leads John McCain by a 52% to 36% margin in Pew’s latest
nationwide survey of 1,325 registered voters. This is the fourth
consecutive survey that has found support for the Republican candidate
edging down. In contrast, since early October weekly Pew surveys have
shown about the same number of respondents saying they back Obama.
When the sample is narrowed to those most likely to vote, Obama leads
by 53% to 38%.