Tracking Poll Update
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on October 12th, 2008 4:35 am by HL
Tracking Poll Update
Sen. Barack Obama is holding solid leads in nearly every tracking poll of the presidential race and has broken 50% in four of them.
Diageo/Hotline: Obama 50%, McCain 40%
Gallup: Obama 51%, McCain 42%
Rasmussen: Obama 52%, McCain 45%
Research 2000: Obama 52%, McCain 40%
Zogby: Obama 48%, McCain 44%
Research 2000: Obama Up By Five in Florida
A new Research 2000 poll in Florida finds Sen. Barack Obama leading Sen. John McCain, 49% to 44%.
Key finding: “Obama, long the favorite of the youngest votes, now leads 72-year-old McCain by 7 percentage points among the 60-plus age group. The oldest voters were about equally divided in last month’s poll.”