Gallup Daily: Race Steady With Obama Leading by 9

[RedSpartan]

Source: Gallup

PRINCETON, NJ -- With exactly three weeks remaining before Election Day, Barack Obama leads John McCain in the presidential preferences of registered voters by nine percentage points, 51% to 42%.

Gallup is also looking at the race according to two likely voter scenarios. One, the traditional Gallup approach, takes into account voters' intentions to vote in the current election as well as their self-reported voting history. Among this group, Obama leads McCain by six points, 51% to 45%. The other approach uses only voters' self-professed likelihood to vote in 2008, but does not factor in whether respondents have voted in past elections. Among this expanded group, Obama leads by 10 points, 53% to 43%.


Read more: http://www.gallup.com/poll/111151/Gallup-Daily-Race-Steady-Obama-Leading.aspx

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[Phredicles]

1. If numbers are steady with a substantial lead for Obama for a long period,

that in my opinion will make any possible funny business with the vote count much harder to explain away.

[Richd506]

2. This is good. Obama just has to hold his own

tomorrow night, in my view, is the last real chance McCain has to bounce back. If Obama can stand his ground and talk about the issues that matter, McCain's smears should backfire.

[SKKY]

3. Nope. Don't put in the subs just yet. Run up the score a little bit more...

...After the last 2 elections, I don't trust anyone or anything until the votes are counted. KEEP THE FULL COURT PRESS ON!!!!!!!!!!

[shadowknows69]

4. Hell yes, I want to be going into November with a 15 point lead

Dreaming? Probably but a disaster for McChoke at the debate tomorrow night could make it happen.

[tedoll78]

5. The thing that strikes me:

Obama won't go below 50%! He hasn't been below 50% since October 3rd.. even if McCain closes the gap, he still won't catch Obama at this rate.

[yellowcanine]

6. Obama loses a point! To the barricades!! Heh.

Someone had to say it.