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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

http://www.npr.org/2016/11/03/
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

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/07/us/
politics/gingrich-leads-gop-rivals-in-iowa-poll-finds.html

be rated

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/07/us/
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

shrink

widen

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/
AP-Poll-2008-National.html - broken URL

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