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The Cincinnati Enquirer endorsed McCain in 2008
The current Ohio Newspaper poll is more fodder for the Romney surge narrative. It was conducted by the University of Cincinnati. That same organization had McCain leading in September and October of 2008.
Ohio Newspaper Poll: McCain, Obama in 'dead heat' for state's electoral votes
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Boosted by growing concern about the Wall Street meltdown and Main Street credit freeze, Sen. Barack Obama is closing the gap for Ohio's 20 electoral votes in next month's presidential election, according to the latest Ohio Newspaper Poll.
The Illinois Democrat now trails Republican Sen. John McCain by two percentage points -- well within the poll's margin of error of 3.3 percent.
"It's a statistical dead-heat," said Eric Rademacher, interim co-director of the Institute for Policy Research at the University of Cincinnati, which surveyed 876 likely voters across the state Oct. 4-8.
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The first poll, conducted Sept. 12-16, showed McCain leading Obama 48 percent to 42 percent, with 5 percent of the respondents saying they'd vote for independent Ralph Nader or Libertarian Bob Barr and 5 percent undecided.
http://blog.cleveland.com/openers/2008/10/ohio_poll_mccain_obama_in_dead.html
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Boosted by growing concern about the Wall Street meltdown and Main Street credit freeze, Sen. Barack Obama is closing the gap for Ohio's 20 electoral votes in next month's presidential election, according to the latest Ohio Newspaper Poll.
The Illinois Democrat now trails Republican Sen. John McCain by two percentage points -- well within the poll's margin of error of 3.3 percent.
"It's a statistical dead-heat," said Eric Rademacher, interim co-director of the Institute for Policy Research at the University of Cincinnati, which surveyed 876 likely voters across the state Oct. 4-8.
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The first poll, conducted Sept. 12-16, showed McCain leading Obama 48 percent to 42 percent, with 5 percent of the respondents saying they'd vote for independent Ralph Nader or Libertarian Bob Barr and 5 percent undecided.
http://blog.cleveland.com/openers/2008/10/ohio_poll_mccain_obama_in_dead.html
Nov 3, 2008 poll:
Cincinnati, OH--The final Ohio Poll for the 2008 election season finds Senator Barack Obama likely to win Ohio’s 20 electoral votes.
After allocation of undecided voters to the candidates they are most likely to support, the presidential race in Ohio stands at Illinois Senator Barack Obama 51.5 percent, Arizona Senator John McCain 45.7 percent, and Other 2.8 percent.
These findings are based on the latest Ohio Poll, conducted by the Institute for Policy Research at the University of Cincinnati. The Ohio Poll is sponsored by the University of Cincinnati. One thousand three hundred eight (1,308) probable voters were interviewed between October 29 and November 2, 2008.
In 95 of 100 cases, the statewide estimates will be accurate to plus or minus 2.7 percent.
http://www.ipr.uc.edu/documents/op110308.pdf
After allocation of undecided voters to the candidates they are most likely to support, the presidential race in Ohio stands at Illinois Senator Barack Obama 51.5 percent, Arizona Senator John McCain 45.7 percent, and Other 2.8 percent.
These findings are based on the latest Ohio Poll, conducted by the Institute for Policy Research at the University of Cincinnati. The Ohio Poll is sponsored by the University of Cincinnati. One thousand three hundred eight (1,308) probable voters were interviewed between October 29 and November 2, 2008.
In 95 of 100 cases, the statewide estimates will be accurate to plus or minus 2.7 percent.
http://www.ipr.uc.edu/documents/op110308.pdf
That's a huge swing.
Frankly, the 10 percent independent sample in the current poll makes it bogus.
“Independents are now more evenly split between Obama and Romney than was the case in the first poll,” said Eric Rademacher, co-director of the Institute for Policy Research at the University of Cincinnati, which conducted the poll for a consortium of major Ohio newspapers, including the Beacon Journal. They tilted slightly toward Obama, 46 to 44 percent, after leaning toward Romney 54-25 in the earlier poll. (Because of the small number of independents in the poll, the margin of error is plus or minus 10 percent.)
http://www.ohio.com/news/local-news/presidential-race-tied-in-ohio-newspaper-poll-1.345675
http://www.ohio.com/news/local-news/presidential-race-tied-in-ohio-newspaper-poll-1.345675
Obama took a significant lead away from Romney among independents and the race is tied?
Still, here's the kicker, it corresponds with this:
Enquirer presidential endorsement: Mitt Romney
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20121028/EDIT01/310280050/Enquirer-presidential-endorsement-Mitt-Romney
The paper endorsed McCain in 2008:
Endorsement: McCain for President
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20081024/EDIT03/810260303
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For those who are so they can give it a read. 
