Today's Polls, 10/23: McCain on Life Support

Source: www.fivethirtyeight.com



This is not the time when John McCain can afford a bad polling day. And yet he's had perhaps his worst one of the year.
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To find good news for McCain, you have to go South -- to the deep South -- where new polling in Arkansas, Texas, and Louisiana suggests that those states have yet to become competitive.

As a result of all of this, there is now no perceptible rebound for John McCain; in fact, the race may still be trending toward Obama, although the safer assumption is that it's flat. Meanwhile, Obama's electoral position appears as strong as ever. John McCain's chances of winning the election have dwindled to 3.7%, down from 6.5% yesterday.


Read more: http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/10/todays-polls-1023-mccain-on-life.html

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The Joe-the-plummer campaign seems to be leaking.

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2008/10/23/miami_herald_poll_obama_expands_lead_in_florida.html

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Miami Herald Poll: Obama Expands Lead in Florida
A new Miami Herald poll in Florida finds Sen. Barack Obama leading Sen. John McCain, 49% to 42%.

Key finding: "Boosting Obama: independent voters, who back him over McCain by a 57-22 percent margin -- a 38 point shift toward the Democrat since the last poll in September."

October 23, 2008
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Can you say "Kervorkian"? I knew you could.