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Gallup Daily: Obama’s Lead Now at 4 Points

Obama’s position about halfway between his recent highs and lows

September 5, 2008
The latest three-day Gallup Poll Daily tracking report, with one full day of interviewing following Gov. Sarah Palin’s vice presidential acceptance speech, finds Barack Obama with a four-percentage-point lead over John McCain in national presidential preferences, 48% to 44%.More ...

Religion Remains Major Dividing Factor Among White Voters

Patterns are similar to 2004

September 5, 2008
John McCain’s lead over Barack Obama among highly religious white voters, currently 65% to 26%, has been quite stable all summer and has not yet changed with the selection of Sarah Palin as his vice-presidential running mate.More ...

Gallup Daily: No Dent in Obama Lead So Far

Obama holds 7-point lead in latest results

September 4, 2008
Barack Obama continues to hold a significant lead over John McCain, 49% to 42%, in the latest Gallup Poll Daily tracking results, which reflect the impact of the initial events of the Republican convention through early Wednesday, but not Sarah Palin’s highly-anticipated speech Wednesday evening.More ...

Job Market Worsening as Election Approaches

Gallup’s Net New Hiring Activity measure shows further deterioration in job-market perceptions

September 4, 2008
Employee perceptions of the job market worsened in August as Gallup’s Net New Hiring Activity measure fell the most since May. Given the way this indicator has related to government figures, it suggests the economy lost more than 75,000 jobs and the unemployment rate increased to 5.8% or more last month.More ...

Intense Political Week Brings Decline in Swing Voters

Uncommitted voters down from 30% to 21% in past week

September 4, 2008
Both Barack Obama and John McCain have gained an increased number of committed supporters after last week’s Democratic Convention and GOP vice-presidential announcement. Now, only 21% of voters can be considered swing voters, down from 30% the prior week.More ...

Will the Abortion Issue Help or Hurt McCain?

Women divide 50% pro-choice, 43% pro-life

September 3, 2008
While a slightly greater share of American women consider themselves “pro-choice” (50%) than “pro-life” (43%), few say the issue is critical to their vote.More ...

A Low-Quality Job Makes a Tough Economy Tougher

More than half of Americans in low-quality jobs are struggling

September 3, 2008
The Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index finds more than half of Americans in high-quality jobs (56%) are thriving, and more than half of those in low-quality jobs (56%) struggling.More ...

Gallup Daily: Obama 49%, McCain 43%

Too early to reflect impact of GOP convention in St. Paul

September 3, 2008
Gallup Poll Daily tracking encompassing Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday’s interviewing shows Barack Obama retaining a 6-point, 49% top 43%, lead over John McCain among registered voters.More ...

Obama Gains Overall, McCain Among GOP Women

McCain manages to increase support among women of his own party

September 3, 2008
Barack Obama has gained significant support among white men since the Democratic Convention, but his support level among white women has remained the same. The reason: Republican white women have slightly increased their support for McCain, offsetting Obama’s gains among independent and Democratic women.More ...

Republicans Still Face Enthusiasm Gap to Democrats

Slight increase in enthusiasm in past week

September 2, 2008
After an eventful week in the presidential campaign, 54% of voters say they are more enthusiastic than usual about voting, up from 48% a week prior, but lower than during the primaries earlier this year. Even with a steep decline, Democrats continue to express much greater enthusiasm than Republicans.More ...
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