First Diary Since 2008 election... I know I know, I am sorry. But I am super amped after last night's debate and have contributed when I can.
Local CBS affiliate 8 News Now and Godawful Las Vegas Review Journal have released a joint poll conducted October 11th - 16th.
The results are Obama with with 48% of likely voters compared to Mittens with 45%.
Poll Source
My takeaways are -
A) This was conducted after Obama's poor 1st debate, but Biden's domination of Ryan so to have a 3 point edge going into what should be a nice bump from the President's performance last night isn't exactly a horrible position to be in.
B) Even with a 3 point lead, GOTV is what it will come down to and OFA here is incredible, thorough, and John Ralston here says :
"Unless the Democrats turn out in record low numbers relative to Republicans, Romney cannot win unless independents overwhelmingly go for him." Source
C) I like the fact that Obama is leading among women by 10 points and after Mittens response about binders I suspect this could increase.
I don't know much about SurveyUSA so this poll could be completely crap but if it is a contributing factor to the narrative of Obama's upswing then so be it...