Hhaha
No worries.
McCain has not spent much money compared to Obama and the polls show they are neck and neck. McCain is just pacing.
You know the rabbit and turtle race....hahaha
Thursday, August 14, 2008
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Thursday shows Barack Obama attracting 43% of the vote while John McCain earns 42%. When "leaners" are included, its Obama 47% and McCain 46% (see
recent daily results).
Tracking Polls are released at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time each day.
The race for the White House remains remarkably stable. With leaners, Obamas support has stayed between 46% and 48% every day for the past two weeks. During that same time frame, McCain has been at 46% or 47% every day.
Data released yesterday afternoon shows that both
Virginia and
Nevada remain too close to call. Other data shows that
61% of voters nationwide want Congress to return immediately and vote on allowing offshore oil drilling.
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Obama leads among voters who make less than $40,000 a year or more than $100,000 annually. McCain leads above those in between. Among Investors, McCain leads 50% to 45% while Obama leads among non-Investors 53% to 40%(more demographic data for
Premium Members via the
Daily Snapshot).
McCain is now viewed favorably by 55% of the nations voters, Obama by 54% (
see trends). Other key stats of Election 2008 are updated daily at
Obama-McCain: By the Numbers.
At noon Eastern today, new data will be released on the Fairness Doctrine and the
Virginia Senaterace. At 3:00 p.m. Eastern today, the latest data for the
Minnesota Senaterace and the
Colorado Senaterace will be released. At 5:00 p.m. Eastern, the latest numbers will be released on the Presidential race in
Minnesota and
Colorado.
The Rasmussen Reports
Balance of Power Calculator currently shows now Obama leading in states with 210 Electoral College votes while McCain leads in states with 165 votes. When leaners are included, its Obama 273, McCain 227.
Rasmussen Markets data gives Obama a % chance of winning the White House.
Daily tracking results are collected via telephone surveys of 1,000 likely voters per night and reported on a three-day rolling average basis. The margin of sampling errorfor the full sample of 3,000 Likely Voters--is +/- 2 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Results are also compiled on a full-week basis and crosstabs for the
full-week results are available for
Premium Members.
Like all polling firms, Rasmussen Reports weights its data to reflect the population at large. Among other targets, Rasmussen Reports weights data by political party affiliation using a dynamic weighting process. Our baseline targets are established based upon survey interviews with a sample of adults nationwide completed during the preceding three months (a total of 45,000 interviews). For the month of August, the targets are 40.6% Democrat, 31.6% Republican, and 27.8% unaffiliated. For July, the targets were 41.4% Democrat, 31.5% Republican, and 27.1% unaffiliated (see party
trends and
analysis).
