Sunday, October 26, 2008

Zogby Poll: Obama by 49% McCain 46%

Just when I think that McCain is dead, the polls swing back. Today, the Zogby Poll shows McCain within 3%, 49% - 46%

Here is what John Zogby said in his analysis:

“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 54% 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.”

But the polls vary widely. RCP has Obama with a 7.6% lead, while TIPP/IBD shows that McCain only trails by 2.2%

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