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Offline franksolich

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/13068

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Barack Obama’s post-Democratic National Convention bounce in the polls appears to be slightly smaller than the norm of past conventions, and it's gradually depreciating.

The Gallup daily tracking poll has found that since the conclusion of the convention, Obama has risen 4 percentage points in the polls, to lead McCain 49 percent to 43 percent today. That's a slightly smaller uptick in the polls than the 5- to 6-point bounce earned by a typical party nominee, by Gallup’s measure, since 1964. Obama and McCain were evenly split at 45 percentage points apiece prior to the Democratic convention, according to Gallup......

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Re: Barry "Six States" Obama's bounce smaller than others, and shrinking
« Reply #1 on: September 02, 2008, 08:24:51 PM »
This is good news. I guess he put on that dog and pony show for nothing.