Gallup Daily: Obama Up By 6%, 48% to 42%

[Mark E. Smith]

Source: Gallup Poll

8-13

PRINCETON, NJ -- Gallup Poll daily tracking from Aug. 10-12 gives Barack Obama a six percentage point lead over John McCain in the race for president, 48% to 42% among national registered voters.

Read more: http://www.gallup.com/poll/109453/Gallup-Daily-Obama-48-42.aspx

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After all that you read in the press you'd think McCain had completely overwhelmed Obama with his "hilarious" ads, and that he was now ready to take the lead. If you ask me, I'd say the old fool has pretty much shot his pop guns and is now about to experience the deluge that has been prepared for him by the Obama campaign.

[Alexander]

1. The greater Obama's margin, the better I will feel about November.

They will try to steal it again. He needs a huge margin.

[Jim__]

2. Maybe the American public is catching on to the MSM hyping war.

Could people have actually seen through the bullshit about the battle between Russia and Georgia?

[Frances]

3. I have a feeling that people under 35 don't pay any more attention

to the talking heads on TV than they do to newspapers.

I'm sorry that newspapers are dying, but they are.

[intheflow]

10. My new 27-year-old roommate is shocked

by the stuff I show her on DU. What shocks her most is how much she doesn't know. She also has a new friend at work who is politically aware. Between the two of us, my roomie is talking about getting politically active for the first time in her life. :)

[trudyco]

12. I'm beyond 35 and I don't watch!

It is sad about newspapers because they are about the only ones doing investigative reporting. Except maybe the National Enquiror.Occasionally something from the Atlantic or Vanity Fair. The news magazines are junk - only thing interesting is opinions and I get tired of those.

TV is very slim pickings. A lot of Olbermann's best is his editorials. Again, opinions. Sometimes you just want the facts. Real facts.

[intheflow]

15. You're right about Olbermann.

I love him and am glad he's reporting on news that everyone else is ignoring. But I get concerned about his injecting his opinions and his sneering at the right. Not that the right doesn't deserve sneering and lots of it, but when it's done by a "newscaster", that feels like the left is taking a page from the RW news' playbook. NOT good. I feel the same way about Air America programming.

I just want the stories reported by someone! (Okay, there's Amy Goodman, but she's not in every market, is often only on at weird hours, and who else is doing it?)

[ryanmuegge]

4. It'll be interesting to see how this stuff in Georgia plays out in the polls

AS time wears on. If the past is any indicator, it will help the Republicans. Hopefully the trend in this poll holds, though.

[jlacivita]

5. I won't stop worrying about McCain stealing it until Obama passes 50/40

which i know is very unlikely.

[Zynx]

7. Kerry trailed in the averages prior to the 2004 vote.

I don't know why people don't get this.

[Qutzupalotl]

6. More recs please

fight the doom squad

[CountAllVotes]

8. #5

gladly! :D :D :D

GOBAMA!!!

:dem: :kick:

[LonelyLRLiberal]

9. Some of you experts on the polling organizations please comment.

Isn't Gallup kinda slanted Republican most of the time, or am I just mis-remembering?

[MadrasT]

11. Kick for the morning crew

:kick:

[Bill McBlueState]

13. 3 days ago the margin was Obama by 3%

Are people really changing their minds, or are daily tracking-poll data just really noisy?

[Psst_Im_Not_Here]

14. The really interesting thing is

on real clear politics, most of the higher poll numbers were for registered voters, not just likely voters.