Obama's trip doubles his lead over McCain

[Illuminatus]

(CNN) — Buoyed by a new Gallup daily tracking poll showing Barack Obama ahead by a 9-point margin, the latest CNN poll of polls suggests the Illinois senator has doubled his lead over John McCain.

Obama now holds a 6-point lead in CNN's average of national polls, 45 percent to 39 percent, up from the 3-point margin over McCain the Democratic presidential candidate held at the end of last week. The increase is due to the wider spread Gallup is reporting — a poll that was conducted toward the end of Obama's highly covered trip abroad. The results suggest Obama's trip — which was extensively covered by the national and international media — may have given the Illinois senator a sizeable bump in the polls. By comparison, the Gallup daily tracking poll showed Obama only up by 3 points at the end of last week.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/07/28/poll-of-polls-update-obama-up-by-six/

 

[Billnew]

3 pts a size-able bump?

Weird, I saw Gallop poll on CNN today, listed:

Obama 48
McCain 45

But the average of good polls and bad polls probably would give more points to Obama.
How much did those 3 points cost?(granted Obama doesn't have to worry about money)

 

[mont974x4]

They are still pretty much tied.