Pew Research - National Poll: Obama now leads 49-42

[featherman]

Barack Obama has achieved a significant lead over John McCain in the days following the first presidential debate. Pew’s new survey conducted Sept. 27-29 finds that Obama has moved to a 49% to 42% advantage among registered voters. The race was virtually even in mid-September and early August. Obama had not led McCain by a significant margin in a Pew survey since June.

The latest national poll by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, conducted among 1,505 adults (including 1,258 registered voters) by landline and cell phone, suggests that three factors appear to be favoring Obama. First, more voters rate Obama’s performance in last Friday’s debate as excellent or good than say the same about McCain’s (72% vs. 59%). Obama’s leadership image also has improved. There is now almost no difference in the minds of voters as to which candidate would use better judgment in a crisis.


http://people-press.org/report/456/obama-regains-lead



LOTS of internal goodies at the above link: Palin favorable/unfavorable, which candidate is best in economy, war, energy, etc

[jakem]

1. keep alert! they are going to start to panic!

:hi:

[DCal]

2. Obama improved significantly in swing states

Strong blue states moved slightly more toward Obama and strong red states were unchanged. The biggest movement was in swing states, where the election will be decided.

Previous poll (Sept 9-14):
45 Obama
45 McCain

Current poll (Sept. 27-29):
52 Obama
39 McCain