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polls stories: 27 news summaries

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OPINION

Race Didn't Defeat Bradley: He Was Too Liberal

And if Obama loses, it'll be for the same reason

Oct 20, 08 9:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - If Barack Obama loses in November, the media will surely cite the Bradley Effect, the theory that voters lie to pollsters to hide racial biases. It’s named after Tom Bradley, the black mayor of Los Angeles who lost the 1982 governor’s race in California, despite huge leads in... More »

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Barack Obama • race • Obama 2008 • Election 2008 • Tom Bradley • polls • Bradley effect

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 Robocalls Are 
 Legit: McCain 

Defends use of same tactic used against him in 2000

Oct 19, 08 1:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain defended his use of robocalls on Fox News Sunday, arguing his attacks on Barack Obama are different from the slanderous calls that targeted him during the 2000 primaries, Politico reports. “These are legitimate and truthful and they are far different than the phone calls that were... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Newt Gingrich • campaign finance • Obama 2008 • robo-calls • McCain 2008 • Election 2008 • polls

A Baseball Nerd Turns to
Election Stats

Nate Silver was right
on the Rays; he's now calling the presidency

Oct 15, 08 11:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Give the sheer number of political polls being produced, and the history of many of them proving wrong, it takes a seriously smart statistician (and something of a nerd) to predict the presidential race with any authority. Nate Silver, the man who "revolutionized the interpretation of baseball stats,"... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • electoral college • Obama 2008 • Tampa Bay Devil Rays • statistics • predictions • baseball • McCain 2008 • Election 2008 • polls • Nick Silver

OPINION

 McCain's Down, But Not Out 

History shows that McCain can surge

Oct 14, 08 10:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - With Obama pulling well ahead of the Straight Talk Express, "the 2008 campaign seems poised to enter its Harry Truman phase," writes Walter Shapiro in Salon. But a November comeback isn’t out of the question. Shapiro runs down four factors that could push McCain into the White... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • presidential politics • Election 2008 • Straight Talk Express • polls

(Newser) - Nearly half (47%) of Americans are worried that John McCain, if elected, would not finish his first term in good health, a CNN poll shows. Nearly 20% percent of respondents thought the same about rival Barack Obama. Only 7% of those questioned said that the health of a candidate would... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • health • age • Election 2008 • presidential election • physical fitness • polls

Pollsters to Voters: Be Straight With Us

Gay-marriage ban fails in surveys, but are respondents lying?

Oct 9, 08 3:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Polls indicate that a California ballot measure to ban gay marriage will fail by a substantial margin—but that might be because respondents are lying to pollsters to avoid seeming homophobic, the Sacramento Bee reports. A recent study sponsored by supporters of the measure hints that polls do understate support... More »

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gay marriage • Proposition 8 • polls • Bradley effect

 Women Swing Back to Barack 

Sarah Palin's candidacy shook up the race, but polls show female support in line with past elections

Oct 7, 08 6:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin’s novel influence on the presidential campaign appears to have waned, and the “gender gap” among voters has reverted to that in past elections, the Chicago Tribune reports. That means women favor Democrat Barack Obama over Republican John McCain. Women will support Obama by a margin... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • demographics • female voters • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • swing states • polls

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