Gallop: Obama's numbers go down and tie with Clinton again

[acrosstheuniverse]

http://www.gallup.com/poll/105589/Gallup-Daily-Obama-Clinton-Back-Tie.aspx

PRINCETON, NJ -- The Democratic nomination battle -- having undergone significant shifts last week during the Rev. Jeremiah Wright controversy -- is now back to a virtual tie between Barack Obama (favored by 47% of national Democratic voters), and Hillary Clinton (chosen by 46%).

What a mess.

[Prime Mover]

1. Why is that a mess?

[LisaL]

3. Because the party is split exactly in half.

Which is not looking good for uniting behind one candidate.

[my3boyz]

2. Media is just pissed that their non-stop coverage of Wright

has not destroyed Obama. They will continue on and on until something else gets their attention. They are pathetic because they have been covering it for over two weeks. They go on and talk about something else. Then the next day they go right back to it.

[Unsane]

4. "gallop" lol

is that like a scallop?

[Johnny__Motown]

5. At this point a tie is still a win for Obama... he is to far ahead at this point for a tie to hurt

[Bullet1987]

6. Going back to early in March, the greatest seperation shown on that chart has been 6 points

on March 13 (when Obama broke 50%). The numbers will natually flucuate within that 6 point range. It means no one really has clear favorability on our side. Which is likely more due to the nature of the campaign right now than anything.

[enki23]

7. statistically insignificant fluctions. there was no real "lead" in the first place

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[flor de jasmim]

8. The national voters don't vote until November - so it's meaningless

It's their way of keeping everyone on their seats -- he's UP, he's DOWN, it's a TIE... It creates a bit of excitement but otherwise means nothing.

[suston96]

9. Try Rasmussen today......

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/daily_presidential_tracking_polling_history

[woolldog]

12. It seems as if the rasmussen polls

lag a bit in relation to current events.

[totodeinhere]

10. I wish we could stop obsessing about minor fluctuations in daily tracking polls.

It doesn't mean a damn thing. It's waste of bandwidth to even post it.

[goldcanyonaz]

11. If this forums views represented anything other than La La Land, Hillary would be polling at 18%.