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mzmolly

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9. Lots of encouraging news in the most recent analysis:

Reply to Ellipsis (Original post)

Sat Oct 27, 2012, 07:54 PM

Oct 2012

To the extent that there was a trend in the state polls, it was slightly favorable for Mr. Obama. Among the eight polls that had previously published numbers after the first presidential debate in Denver, Mr. Obama gained about one percentage point, on average.

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Mr. Romney’s bounce has receded some since his post-Denver peak.

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The FiveThirtyEight forecast has Mr. Obama leading the popular vote along with the Electoral College, because it uses both state and national polls to calibrate its estimate of where the vote stands.

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nate s. 538 updated ---- Nowcast 297 - 241 ---- 78.6% Obama to win ---- (Link attached) [View all] Ellipsis Oct 2012 OP

rock n' roll flamingdem Oct 2012 #1

those are still yesterday's numbers. new column...old numbers (hoping it updates tonight) NRaleighLiberal Oct 2012 #2

real clear politics and electoral-vote.com mucifer Oct 2012 #3

Lovin that effeminate Nate guy Tutonic Oct 2012 #4

LOL. mzmolly Oct 2012 #6

still good to hear the odds are with our guy... GetTheRightVote Oct 2012 #5

yea, we don't want the wrong guy to win. Justice4All1 Oct 2012 #7

That's back to where he was on Sep 17 BlueStreak Oct 2012 #8

Lots of encouraging news in the most recent analysis: mzmolly Oct 2012 #9