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NBC - WSJ Poll: Good News for Both Candidates

By Jeralyn

Here's the actual results from the NBC/WSJ poll (pdf) that had good news for both candidates. Here's the article describing the results.

With eight weeks until Election Day, the Journal survey found a dead heat: 46% of registered voters favor Sens. Obama and Joe Biden, and 45% favor McCain-Palin.

...The survey had good news for Sen. Obama as well, showing that he improved his standing with the electorate in areas where he had been seen as weak. More voters found said they were comfortable with him as president that they did in a Journal poll three weeks ago, as did the portion who said they were confident in his ability to be commander in chief.

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Chuck Todd says on NBC Nightly News it's down to four states: Colorado, Virginia, Ohio and New Hampshire.

This is still a novelty bounce in my view. Men under 50 are heading to Obama. I suspect undecided non-Republican women will as well as more about Palin's views on issues and distortion of her record comes out.

Full post as published by TalkLeft on September 09, 2008 (boomark / email).