Gallup poll tightening
Sunday, October 12, 2008 at 05:28PM Maybe the sharp attacks linking Obama with domestic terrorist William Ayers are beginning to stick.
The Gallup daily tracking poll now has it 50-43 for Obama among registered voters, and 50-46 among likely voters. Both of these polls were at 11 points last Thursday.
The only explanation for the movement has to be the heightened attacks against Obama the past few days. Certainly, the debate didn't help McCain, and neither did his half-baked mortgage buyback plan. And neither Obama nor Biden made any huge gaffes -- certainly none big enough to move the polls.
I blogged a few days ago that if the polls moved in response to Palin's attacks against Obama for his alleged ties to William Ayers, we were destined to see more of the same.
Well, I think that's precisely what's going to happen. This is the first positive movement in the polls for McCain in almost a month, and it's almost certainly tied to the Ayers line of attack. We'll know for sure if McCain brings it up in the final debate on Wednesday night, or if he mentions Rezco and Reverend Wright. The next few days might get interesting.
Reader Comments (1)
Hate to burst your bubble, but take a look at Real Clear Politics moving average
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/us/general_election_mccain_vs_obama-225.html
Also check Pollster, a weighted average of all polls, including third party candidates.