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In reply to the discussion: Today's Gallup - 50 Obama to 45 Romney [View all]gcomeau
(5,764 posts)5. No, they have not shifted.
They made one press release saying what the three days after the debate looked like, and RCP decided to treat that as a completely separate poll so they could juice Romney's numbers in their average, but the tracking poll is still the 7 day average.
The three good days he had post-debate will weight the average down a little longer then fall off. That we're at +5 with them still on there is *really* good.
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The campaign must not know this, got an email titled "bad news" showing gallup tied up....
NotThisTime
Oct 2012
#39
Thanks for that. It doesn't help when we freak out over every poll. It feeds the trolls.
Tarheel_Dem
Oct 2012
#16
Can't be true - Kochy Roberts gleefully told me "It's Tied!!!!111!1" this morning
corkhead
Oct 2012
#10
no you have to listen to the DU doomsdayer they are right we are wrong
DisabledAmerican
Oct 2012
#29
It's a 7-day average. Obama's approval rating is a 3-day average, and that's bounced back up to 51%
highplainsdem
Oct 2012
#28