RAS TRACKING POLL: Obama 46 (+1), McCaint 43 (-1). Obama's biggest lead since July. Favorables up.

Daily Presidential Tracking Poll
Friday, August 29, 2008
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Friday shows Barack Obama attracting 46% of the vote nationwide while John McCain earns 43%. When "leaners" are included, it’s Obama 49% and McCain 45% (see recent daily results). Sign up for a free daily e-mail update.

This is Obama’s biggest lead since late July, when he opened up a six-point advantage following his summer speech in Berlin. A separate story looks at the Obama bounce. Other data released this morning shows that Democrats are happier now than before the convention with the choice of Joe Biden as Obama’s running mate. Overall, 74% of Democrats say their convention has unified the party.

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Obama is now viewed favorably by 56% of the nation’s voters, McCain by 53% (see trends). Other key stats of Election 2008 can still be seen at Obama-McCain: By the Numbers. Data from Rasmussen Markets currently gives Obama a 60.0% chance of winning the White House.


http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/daily_presidential_tracking_poll

the repuke convention next week will show the country just how WRONG a republican run government is for our great country!

We don't have a bump yet from teh speech. We won't see that one until tomorrow.

He wants to minimize the bump to come on Saturday from Obama's speech as much as possible.