An Early Gallup Road Map to the McCain-Obama Matchup

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These findings are based on aggregated data from Gallup Poll Daily tracking in May, consisting of more than 25,000 total interviews with registered voters nationwide. Obama (supported by an average of 45.6% of national registered voters) and McCain (favored by 45.4%) were essentially tied in the full May dataset.

Gender

Age

Race

Education

Income

Region

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Religiosity

Religious Preference

Marital Status

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Survey Methods

Results are based on telephone interviews with 25,512 registered voters, aged 18 and older, conducted May 1-31, 2008, as part of Gallup Poll Daily tracking. For results based on the total sample of registered voters, one can say with 95% confidence that the maximum margin of sampling error is ±1 percentage points.

http://www.gallup.com/poll/107689/Early-Ga...ma-Matchup.aspx

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BTW - Does anyone else get a chuckle out of the fact that the three race categories used by Gallup all have the word 'Hispanic' in them?

[chri'stina 190]

Interesting...

Some areas are really close.

I do hope though that whatever happens in Nov, it doesn't turn into a recount or too close to call situation. I hope whoever wins does so in an obvious manner. Not an huge landslide, but enough of a win that no one calls for a recount or something.

Edited June 6, 2008 by stina&suj

[almaty 19]

it will be a close race....

[GaryC 7]

It is a close race when there shouldn't be a race at all. Anyone else find that interesting? I have a feeling that when we get past the charisma part of Obama and get into the issues McCain will pull ahead.

BTW, nice siggy Troll. I like the disclaimer and the expiration date.

[GaryC 7]

Check out this picture from Reuters. Not much of a messiah undertone there is it?

[maya62 7]

D*mn straight it shouldn't be close...

I can't believe almost 50% of the country would consider electing a Bush clone, only older!

[nowhereman 1]

The Republicans should just apologize for the last 8 years, promise to never do it again, and let the Democrats take a shot at it. They would have to try really hard to do worse!