| McCain: 4 Point Lead over Obama in Polls |
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| by Tom McGregor | Mon, Sep 8, 2008, 11:50 AM |
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Reuters, a news wire service, reports that, “the lead was McCain’s biggest since January and a turnaround from a USA Today/Gallup poll taken just before last week’s Republican Party convention opened when the veteran Arizona Senator trailed Obama by 7 percentage points.” The new poll was taken Friday through Sunday, showing McCain leading Obama, a first-term senator from The poll surveyed 1,022 adults having a margin of error of plus or minus 3 points. According to Reuters, “USA Today said McCain got a significant boost from the Republican convention and the selection of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his vice presidential running mate. McCain also narrowed Obama’s wide advantage of handling the economy, the top issue in the campaign, the newspaper said. To read the entire article from Reuters, link here:
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written by Holy Roller , September 08, 2008 Why does anyone pay attention to these polls? One says McCain is up 4. One will say Obama up 7. The biggest flaw is that these are only polls of people who have a landline telephone. Many people do not anymore, and thus are left out. Add to that, a 4 point lead is essentially a tie when all polls have a /- 4 point margin of error. Write comment
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