(The other day Hotline changed it's sampling to include more republicans, hopefully that will fall off, but besides this includes very little of last night's debate which Obama clearly won, and the bad stock market numbers. Concentrate on these tracking polls:
Wednesday, October 08, 2008 The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Wednesday shows Barack Obama attracting 51% of the vote while John McCain earns 45%. For the past thirteen days, Obama’s support has ranged from 50% to 52% while McCain has been at 44% of 45% every day (see trends). Results are based upon nightly telephone interviews and reported on a three-day rolling average basis. The overwhelming majority of interviews for this morning’s update were conducted before the conclusion of last night’s Presidential debate.
Obama is viewed favorably by 56% of voters, McCain by 52% (see trends).
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/daily_presidential_tracking_pollMCCAIN OBAMA BARR NADER OTHER UND
Overall 41 51 2 2 2 2
MEN 47 44 3 2 2 2
WOMEN 35 58 1 2 2 2
DEM 8 87 0 2 1 2
REP 85 7 2 0 2 4
IND 39 50 4 3 2 2
OTH/REF 39 48 3 2 2 6
WHITE 51 39 3 2 3 2
BLACK 3 93 0 0 0 4
LATINO 20 67 0 1 0 12
OTHER/REF 5 83 0 1 0 11
18-29 27 63 0 1 2 7
30-44 42 48 4 2 2 2
45-59 43 50 1 2 2 2
60+ 46 41 1 2 1 9
NORTHEAST 27 65 2 2 1 3
SOUTH 53 40 2 1 2 2
MIDWEST 38 54 2 2 1 3
WEST 38 53 2 2 3 2
Yesterday's Results
DATE MCCAIN OBAMA BARR NADER OTHER UND
10/07 42 50 2 2 2 2
http://www.dailykos.com/dailypoll/2008/10/08