Gallup Daily Poll Clinton 51 Obama 40.

[goldcanyonaz]

http://www.gallup.com/poll/104227/Gallup-Daily-Tracking-Election-2008.aspx

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

1. About time! Is there a time they're supposed to release this each day?

[Raffi Ella]

2. .

:-)

[REDFISHBLUEFISH]

4. Go Hillary!

[jsamuel]

3. been waiting to see what would happen post ST

[Proud2BAmurkin]

5. Wow Obama would have to get all undecideds to tie. This is big.

[loveangelc]

7. lol dont you wish.

[goldcanyonaz]

9. It's HUGH!!!!!

[Seen the light]

6. It's about time we saw this poll again

Thanks for making it more and more difficult for Clinton to paint herself as the underdog with EVERY one of these polls favoring her since....always.

[Straight Shooter]

8. This is good news. Thank you.

:thumbsup:

[no name no slogan]

10. Given the accuracy of polls lately, Obama will only win by 10%

these polls are utterly useless. They all had Obama down by 10% on Super Tuesday in the states that were voting, yet he either won or was within 10% in each one.

[goldcanyonaz]

12. Uh huh...

[shayes51]

11. Continuing to look good!

[Iceburg]

13. Wonder what Zogby says today? /nt

[Kahuna]

24. Nobody cares. Poor man. He's through. nt

[rodeodance]

14. ~ALL FIRED-UP FOR THE LADY~YES SHE CAN, YES WE CAN~~

[smalll]

19. GOMAMA! /nt

[rodeodance]

15. rec

[AGirl]

16. Go Hillary Yes She Can~!!!!!!

[Nimrod2005]

17. Do we know where they are polling? 50% of the country already voted?

[Celebration]

18. perspective

text

On the Democratic side, the race is still very much an ongoing battle between the two front-runners, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Nearly three weeks ago, after Clinton won the New Hampshire primary, she had climbed to a 20-point lead over Obama. Then, Obama came charging back until in Gallup's daily tracking interviewing conducted Jan. 31-Feb. 2, he was only 2 points behind Clinton, essentially a tie. But on Sunday and Monday before Super Tuesday voting, Clinton stopped Obama's momentum, and began to climb ahead again. Even on Tuesday, before the results of Super Tuesday were known, Clinton remained ahead.

Thursday's three-day rolling average is the first that includes any post-Super Tuesday interviewing. A look at Wednesday night's results suggests that while Clinton maintains an advantage among Democratic voters, it is much smaller than it had been in recent days. Thus, the overall three-day rolling average -- including Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday interviewing -- shows a smaller Clinton advantage, 51% to 40%.

From a broad perspective, there have been two periods this year in which Obama has narrowed Clinton's lead among Democrats to a virtual tie, only to fall back each time. The first came after his win in Iowa. In Gallup's Jan 4-6 average, Obama was just three points behind Clinton. Clinton moved back ahead after her unexpected win in New Hampshire, to a lead as large as 20 points over Obama. Then, as noted, Obama began closing the gap until he was only 2 points behind Clinton the weekend before Super Tuesday. Once again, Clinton moved back ahead. Unlike what happened in mid-January, however, it appears Clinton will not expand her lead further, but that the race may tighten again, perhaps in response to news accounts of the Super Tuesday results............................

It is important to note that the trends in the Gallup data show that while the general sentiment for Obama became more positive in the week leading up to the weekend before Super Tuesday, his momentum had stopped by Sunday. Had it continued, Obama might have surpassed Clinton in the actual Super Tuesday vote and might have won more states. -- Frank Newport and Jeff Jones

So Clinton was ahead on Super Tuesday, and look at the results. Now the figures are narrowing again, but the three day average is used so Clinton is still substantially ahead, due to her large lead on Super Tuesday. That must be very comforting to the Clinton supporters.

[Proud2BAmurkin]

20. Interesting how Obama never broke 44

[Kahuna]

23. Boy, those tears the day before the votes seem to work wonders..

Expect to see more tears in Hillary's future.

[Cameron27]

21. K&R

[Kahuna]

22. Tsk tsk tsk. This poll is useless since half of the states have already voted.

:rofl: Let me know when you have a poll of just the remaining states.

[Karmadillo]

25. Kick

nt

[stillcool]

26. Got to love those polls...

Good for Hillary!