CBS Poll: Presidential Race Tightens

[RamboLiberal]

Source: CBS News

In a sign that the race for president has returned to about where it was before the first presidential debate, the Obama-Biden ticket leads the McCain-Palin ticket 47 percent to 43 percent among registered voters in a new CBS News poll.

The Obama-Biden ticket led by a wider margin, nine percentage points, in a CBS News poll released last Wednesday, before Joe Biden and Sarah Palin faced off in the vice presidential debate. Obama-Biden led by five percentage points on Sept. 25.

In the new poll, the Democratic ticket leads by 3 percentage points, 48 percent to 45 percent, among likely voters.

Barack Obama holds a 20 point lead in terms of enthusiasm. Fifty-eight percent of Obama voters say they are very enthusiastic about their candidate, while only 38 percent of John McCain voters say the same about the Arizona senator.

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Both Biden and Palin appear to have benefited from their performance in the vice presidential debate. Both now have 40 percent approval ratings - an increase of six points for Biden and eight points for Palin from their pre-debate approval ratings.

Palin's unfavorable rating of 32 percent is significantly higher, however, than Biden's 19 percent unfavorable rating. And on the key questions of whether each candidate is ready to be vice president, or, if necessary, president, majorities see only Biden as passing the test.


Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/06/opinion/polls...

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The outlier of the polls?

[OhioChick]

1. "Tightens" how?

Every poll I'm seeing, Obama has a healthy lead.

[PSPS]

4. Exactly. They're lying.

It's likely another cooked poll designed to portray this as a horserace so CBS can continue to sell advertising.

[breadandwine]

12. "This just in. McCain has won the election, Chet."

"Quite right, Biff. Not all polls saw this coming, but the CBS poll CAUGHT THE MOVE of McCain's rise! Obviously, charges of attempts to steal the election HAVE NO BASIS IN FACT!"

[paparush]

16. This may not be the whole enchelada, but it certainly is a very large taco.

I'll never forget Rather's line when it became clear that Clinton was going to beat Bush Sr's sorry ass.

[merwin]

25. horserace or horseshit?

[Demeter]

6. And the Lead Is Growing

I guess that falls under "editorial license", since it certainly isn't poetic.

[Qutzupalotl]

15. Since Wednesday

they were up 9, now they're up 4 in the same poll.

[Faygo Kid]

2. This makes no sense. Every other poll is trending in the opposite direction.

"Barack Obama holds a 20 point lead in terms of enthusiasm. Fifty-eight percent of Obama voters say they are very enthusiastic about their candidate, while only 38 percent of John McCain voters say the same about the Arizona senator."

Fluky numbers. I wouldn't worry about this one, in light of every other.

Plus, the battleground states are shifting Obama's way big time, and that's what it's all about.

[Kerrytravelers]

3. Funny this doesn't match any of the other polls. Must be in need of ratings.

[Night_Nurse]

5. I just saw 49-43 on NBC... nt

[BlueIdaho]

7. Outlyer.

This poll makes no sense given all the other polling data released today.

[Tarheel_Dem]

8. CBS is paying pennance (sp?) for Palin's horrible interview with Couric.

I'll bet they got threatened with "no access".

[JerseygirlCT]

9. And if McCain was ahead, the headline would be:

"McCain Maintains Strong Lead"

They need their horse race.

[Frisbee]

10. I think not, CBS....

Straight from the DU homepage:

Obama Widens Lead Over McCain

Rasmussen new battlegrounds poll shows shift to Obama

Poll: Obama Takes 6-Point Lead in Ohio

and from CNN's homepage: Obama widens lead in national poll

and finally, FROM FAUX NEWS homepage: Obama Widens Swing State Lead

So apparently, CBS, you're as trustworthy as McPOW.

[rpannier]

11. Interesting...

CNN reported today that Obama had widened his lead to 8 points.

[Spiffarino]

13. It's either an outlier

...or it's overweighing Republicans. I looked through the long list of inane polls to try and figure out how it was weighted, and I couldn't. Maybe somebody who is an expert on polling could help solve it, but I think this one is off and many of today's polls seem to agree.

[NeoConsSuck]

14. CNN.com has on their home page Obama is pulling away

and CNN.com is a right wing cesspool.

[eowyn_of_rohan]

17. LIE

[Wednesdays]

18. Is that Afghani, or Hawaiian, or what?

Whatever it is they're smoking, I want some!

[melody]

19. CBS is full of it

Everyone else has the gap widening.

[Winnscott]

20. What a BS poll

CBS apparently does not want to lose audience by telling the truth: That Obama is kicking McCain's behind electorally speaking.

[Dark]

21. It's an outliar.

n/t

[tclambert]

22. CBS poll has smallest differential of 7 most recent major polls

that RealClearPolitics uses to calculate their average. One other poll also has Obama's lead at only 3%. The other 5 polls are all at 6% to 8%. The two with the largest sample size, Rasmussen (3000) and CNN(2744) had Obama's lead at 8%. CBS had the smallest sample size.

[trudyco]

23. Does CBS poll cell phones? -nt

[Kaleko]

24. Intrade has the poll I trust the most cuz they're showing actual betting odds.

http://www.intrade.com /

It's looking very good for our guys, woo hoot!!