Obama advances to 8-point lead among “traditional likely voters”
The political landscape could be improving for Barack Obama in the waning days of the campaign.
Gallup Poll Daily tracking from Oct. 28-30 shows him with an eight percentage point lead over John McCain among
traditional likely voters -- 51% to 43% -- his largest margin to date using this historical Gallup Poll voter model.
Obama's current 11-point lead over McCain among all registered voters -- 52% to 41% -- is up from an eight-point lead in yesterday's report, and ties his highest advantage on this basis, last recorded 10 days ago. (To view the complete trend since March 7, 2008,
click here.)