Obama Holds Small Lead Over McCain

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Obama Holds Small Lead Over McCain
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Tue, 06-17-2008 - 11:24am

WASHINGTON (June 17) - Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama opens the general election campaign with a narrow lead over Republican John McCain but the two score near even among independent voters, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday.

According to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, Obama leads McCain by 48 percent to 42 percent among all adults, while McCain has picked up support from independents who could be key to deciding the November election.


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Registered: 01-02-2008
Tue, 06-17-2008 - 12:08pm

Interesting...but that's not what the poll attached to the report indicates.

It's going to be a long way until November, that's for sure.

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Tue, 06-17-2008 - 12:12pm
I think the poll in the middle was independent voters not voters over all.
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Registered: 01-02-2008
Tue, 06-17-2008 - 12:14pm
I'm talking about the interactive poll contained within the text, where you can vote right now for who you are voting for and who you think will win. It (at the time I read it) showed 54% McCain, 37% Obama, and then a few undecided and a few indicating they don't plan to vote at all. Not a phone poll, but an internet one.

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Tue, 06-17-2008 - 12:38pm
Sorry, I missed the side poll. I wasn't trying to be argumentive.
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Registered: 01-02-2008
Tue, 06-17-2008 - 12:59pm
I know :)

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Registered: 02-27-2008
Tue, 06-17-2008 - 2:22pm

A phone poll by a reputable polling group will be accurate within its own reported limits, and self-select internet poll is highly inaccurate (the self-selection, not the internet being the difference)

Rose

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Registered: 01-02-2008
Tue, 06-17-2008 - 2:41pm

Interesting...because I thought we had a huge debate about the inaccuracy of phone polls when the results were that the respondents trusted McCain more.

I think I'm beginning to understand the rules....

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Registered: 05-29-2008
Tue, 06-17-2008 - 3:36pm
Exactly! That whole 'scientific' thing changes with the wind on this board.

MySweetPerm

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Registered: 02-27-2008
Tue, 06-17-2008 - 4:03pm

You and I had a debate of the accuracy of phone polls? Could you maybe provide a link, because I sure don't remember the conversation (very possible, I forget a fair bit ;-))

Rose

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Registered: 01-02-2008
Tue, 06-17-2008 - 4:17pm
Not you and I...but here on this board, yes. And you didn't seem to mind the attack the accuracy of phone polls was getting when it was McCain at stake judging by your silence on it then. But sure, lemme get it, it isn't that far back really.

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