Presidential Poll: Obama 47%, McCain 42%
The latest Gallup Poll Daily tracking update finds Barack Obama with a 47% to 42% lead over John McCain, when registered voters are asked for whom they would vote if the presidential election were held today.
Barack Obama's lead over John McCain in Gallup Poll Daily tracking of national registered voters fell from an average of 6 percentage points for the week of July 21-27 (47% vs. 41%) to an average of just 1 point from July 28 to Aug. 3 (45% vs. 44%).
Obama's slightly elevated support from July 21-27 (a time period coincident with his well-publicized overseas tour) included his widest three-day rolling average lead over McCain to date: a 9 percentage-point lead in Gallup Poll Daily tracking conducted July 24-26, 49% to 40%.
-- Source: Gallup
Other Poll Results:
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll shows that the race for the White House is tied—Barack Obama and John McCain each attract 44% of the vote. When "leaners" are included, it’s McCain 47% and Obama 46%. With leaners, the candidates have been within one point of each other for nine straight days.
McCain leads by nineteen points among White Men and by eight points among White Women. Obama leads 94% to 5% among African-American voters and by twenty-one points among Hispanic voters.
Voters see stark differences between Obama and McCain on two key issues of Election 2008—Iraq and Energy. On Iraq, voters believe Obama’s top priority is getting the troops home rather than winning the War. Forty-nine percent (49%) of voters say that is their top priority as well. On energy, voters believe McCain is more focused on finding new sources of energy rather than reducing the amount of energy we consume. That’s also the view held by 65% of voters.
-- Source: The Rasmussen Reports
