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Rick McKee
cartoon
The Augusta Chronicle (GA)
Augusta, Georgia
Cagle
13.10.2008
http://cagle.com/politicalcartoons/PCcartoons/PCbest8.asp
L: 2008 Republican presidential candidate
John McCain
poll
https://www.npr.org/2020/08/14/
902265017/poll-biden-expands-lead-a-third-of-country-says-it-wont-get-vaccinated
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/06/nyregion/
after-hurricane-sandy-efforts-to-help-the-displaced-vote.html
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/11/05/us/politics/polling-room.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/23/opinion/books-poll-addict-confesses.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/07/us/politics/gingrich-leads-gop-rivals-in-iowa-poll-finds.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN2248965720080122
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/31/us/politics/31poll.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/31/us/politics/31mbox.html
national poll
telephone poll
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/07/us/
politics/gingrich-leads-gop-rivals-in-iowa-poll-finds.html
pollaholic / poll addict
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/23/
opinion/books-poll-addict-confesses.html
a margin of sampling error
of plus or minus four percentage
points
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/07/us/
politics/gingrich-leads-gop-rivals-in-iowa-poll-finds.html
odds
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/06/nyregion/
after-hurricane-sandy-efforts-to-help-the-displaced-vote.html
Trump's odds of victory
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500545402/as-trumps-odds-of-victory-rise-financial-markets-get-nervous
conduct
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/31/us/
politics/31mbox.html
be conducted
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politics/gingrich-leads-gop-rivals-in-iowa-poll-finds.html
be rated
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politics/gingrich-leads-gop-rivals-in-iowa-poll-finds.html
poll numbers
flag
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/31/us/
politics/31poll.html
Presidential Polls Over Time
2008
See how John McCain and Barack Obama
compare in state and national polls
that asked people which candidate
they would vote for in the presidential race.
http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/
president/whos-ahead/polling/index.html
Election Polling: 2004 and Today
2008
A comparison of New York Times/CBS News polls
from 2004 and this year
reveals big differences
in voters' perceptions of the country's condition
and in
their political preference.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/11/01/us/
politics/20081101_POLL_GRAPHIC.html
State-by-State Polls
Compared to Economic
Indicators 2008
http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2008/11/01/
state-by-state-polls-compared-to-economic-indicators/
defy the polls
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/03/us/
politics/03penn.html
opinion
no opinion
approve of /
disapprove of N
sampling error
lead
N by 9 points, 52% to 43%
https://www.npr.org/2020/09/18/
914103948/poll-biden-maintains-lead-over-trump
maintain lead over
N
https://www.npr.org/2020/09/18/
914103948/poll-biden-maintains-lead-over-trump
lead
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USA > Politics > Presidential elections
Opinion > State and national polls
Obama Lead
Shrinks in National Poll
October 20, 2008
Filed at 1:14 p.m. ET
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The New York Times
THE POLL: CNN-Opinion Research Corp., national presidential race among likely
voters
THE NUMBERS: Among likely voters Barack Obama 49 percent, John McCain 43
percent.
OF INTEREST: Obama's six percentage point lead over McCain occurred when three
minor party candidates were included. This is down from his 11-point lead in the
same poll taken Oct. 3-5. When the two candidates were matched exclusively,
Obama led by 5 percentage points -- 51 percent to 46 percent.
Fifty-two percent of said that if elected McCain's policies would differ from
those of his predecessor, President Bush. Forty-eight percent said his policies
would not differ from Bush's.
DETAILS:
Conducted Oct. 17-19 by telephone with 746 likely voters.
The sampling
error is plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.
Obama Lead Shrinks in
National Poll, NYT, 20.10.2008,
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/washington/
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