How accurate are the Gallup Polls? The latest one has Obama with a 10 point lead 52-42! Is this true? If it is, what about all that nonsense about the polls "tightening up"
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November 1, 2008
Gallup Daily: Obama 52%, McCain 42% Among Likely Voters
Largest lead for Obama among likely voters to date
* USA
* Election 2008
* Gallup Daily
* Americas
* Northern America
PRINCETON, NJ -- Barack Obama leads John McCain in Gallup Poll Daily tracking interviewing conducted Wednesday through Friday by an identical 52% to 42% margin among both traditional likely voters and expanded likely voters. Obama leads by a similar 52% to 41% margin among all registered voters.
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This is the first time since Gallup began estimating likely voters in early October that there is no difference between Gallup's two likely voter models. Obama's lead of 52% to 42% using Gallup's traditional estimate of likely voting criteria takes into account past voting as well as current intentions. Obama's identical lead using the expanded model takes into account only current voting intentions.
Both of these likely voter estimates in turn are almost identical to Gallup's 52% to 41% registered voter estimate.