Election 2008 http://www.gallup.com/ http://backend.userland.com/rss Gallup WebTeam Barack Obama has reopened a significant lead over Hillary Clinton among national Democrats and now leads by a 51% to 42% margin, according to Gallup Poll Daily tracking from May 14-16. http://www.gallup.com/poll/107326/Gallup-Daily-Obama-Opens-51-42-Lead.aspx Sat, 17 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT After leading Hillary Clinton for three days by a statistically significant six percentage point margin, Barack Obama now only has a 4-point advantage in national Democratic preferences, 48% to 44%. http://www.gallup.com/poll/107323/Gallup-Daily-Obamas-Edge-Narrows-48-44.aspx Fri, 16 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT For the third straight day, Barack Obama leads Hillary Clinton by six percentage points, 50% to 44%, in the nomination preferences of national Democratic voters. There is no evidence Clinton picked up any national momentum from her big win in West Virginia on Tuesday. http://www.gallup.com/poll/107296/Gallup-Daily-Obama-50-Clinton-44.aspx Thu, 15 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT John McCain's supporters are only slightly more positive on the state of the economy than Barack Obama's supporters. http://www.gallup.com/video/107275/Economic-Concerns-Span-Party-Lines.aspx Thu, 15 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT Barack Obama maintains his 6 percentage point lead over Hillary Clinton, 50% to 44%, in Democratic nomination preferences. The general election matchups have tightened somewhat, as both Democratic candidates' advantages over John McCain now fall within the margin of error. http://www.gallup.com/poll/107278/Gallup-Daily-Obama-Maintains-6Point-Lead-Over-Clinton.aspx Wed, 14 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT Barack Obama and John McCain can expect a highly competitive battle for the votes of political independents if they face each other this fall. The most recent Gallup Poll Daily tracking aggregate shows 44% of independent voters favoring Obama and 42% McCain. http://www.gallup.com/poll/107272/Obama-McCain-Highly-Competitive-Independent-Vote.aspx Wed, 14 May 2008 10:45:00 GMT Barack Obama continues to hold a statistically significant lead over Hillary Clinton in national Democratic voters' nomination preferences, 50% to 44%. Obama and Clinton both edge out John McCain in general election trial heats, by 3 and 5 percentage points, respectively. http://www.gallup.com/poll/107248/Gallup-Daily-Obama-Maintains-Democratic-Lead-50-44.aspx Tue, 13 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT A majority of Democrats (55%) say both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama should continue campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination, while 35% say Clinton should drop out. http://www.gallup.com/poll/107227/Majority-Democrats-Say-Keep-Campaigning.aspx Tue, 13 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT For the first time in nearly three weeks, Barack Obama leads Hillary Clinton in national Democratic preferences by a statistically significant margin, 50% to 43%. Both Democrats are now beating John McCain by their widest margins to date. http://www.gallup.com/poll/107218/Gallup-Daily-Obama-Pulls-Ahead-Clinton-50-43.aspx Mon, 12 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT John McCain's association with George W. Bush makes 38% of likely voters less likely to support McCain in the presidential election, slightly more than the 33% who say this about Barack Obama and his ties with Jeremiah Wright. But a majority of voters say neither relationship will affect their vote. http://www.gallup.com/poll/107215/Bush-May-Harmful-McCain-Wright-Obama.aspx Mon, 12 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT Americans assess how Barack Obama's association with Reverend Wright, Hillary Clinton's with Bill Clinton, and John McCain's with President Bush affects their vote. http://www.gallup.com/video/107209/How-Candidate-Associations-Affect-Votes.aspx Mon, 12 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT Barack Obama remains in a slightly advantageous position in national Democratic voters' nomination preferences, with 49% supporting him and 45% Hillary Clinton. Both Democrats fare similarly against John McCain in general election trial heats. http://www.gallup.com/poll/107158/Gallup-Daily-Obama-49-Clinton-45.aspx Sun, 11 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT Gallup Poll Daily tracking for May 7-9 shows that Barack Obama has slightly widened the gap over Hillary Clinton to a 49% to 44% margin. http://www.gallup.com/poll/107155/Gallup-Daily-Obama-49-Clinton-44.aspx Sat, 10 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT The latest Gallup Poll Daily tracking update on Democratic voters' presidential nomination preferences finds Barack Obama (48%) and Hillary Clinton (46%) still closely matched after the Indiana and North Carolina primaries. http://www.gallup.com/poll/107176/Gallup-Daily-Obama-Yet-Pulling-Away.aspx Fri, 09 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT Gallup Poll Daily tracking's latest three-day rolling average, which includes one night of interviewing following the Indiana and North Carolina primaries, continues to find Democratic voters nationwide evenly divided in their preference between Barack Obama (47%) and Hillary Clinton (46%). http://www.gallup.com/poll/107149/Gallup-Daily-Clinton-Obama-Remain-Closely-Matched.aspx Thu, 08 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT Across several subgroups, Barack Obama's support compared with John McCain's is similar to John Kerry's support compared with George W. Bush's in 2004. http://www.gallup.com/video/107113/Support-Obama-vs-McCain-Similar-Kerry-vs-Bush.aspx Wed, 07 May 2008 17:00:00 GMT Gallup Poll data suggest that Barack Obama, if he wins the Democratic nomination, will enter the general-election race in roughly the same position in which John Kerry ended his unsuccessful quest in 2004, especially among white and black voters, and voters with less than a college education. http://www.gallup.com/poll/107110/Obamas-Support-Similar-Kerrys-2004.aspx Wed, 07 May 2008 13:30:00 GMT Gallup Poll Daily tracking from May 2-6, finds both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton going toe-to-toe with Republican John McCain in separate trial heats for the fall election. http://www.gallup.com/poll/107089/Gallup-Daily-Obama-Clinton-Both-Tie-McCain.aspx Wed, 07 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT Gallup Poll Daily tracking finds Jewish Democrats continuing to favor Hillary Clinton over Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination, but by only a slim margin -- 50% to 43% in April, compared with 51% to 41% in March. http://www.gallup.com/poll/107059/Obama-Beats-McCain-Among-Jewish-Voters.aspx Wed, 07 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT With voters in North Carolina and Indiana set to cast their ballots for the Democratic presidential nomination today, Barack Obama (48%) and Hillary Clinton (46%) remain closely matched nationwide. Both candidates are also statistically tied with John McCain in the general election. http://www.gallup.com/poll/107038/Gallup-Daily-Obama-48-Clinton-46-Democratic-Nomination.aspx Tue, 06 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT Prior to Tuesday's North Carolina and Indiana primaries, 60% of Democrats said that both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton should continue to campaign; 23% said Clinton should drop out and 15% said Obama should. http://www.gallup.com/poll/107029/Most-Democrats-Eager-Either-Candidate-Drop.aspx Tue, 06 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT More than half of Democrats (60%) think that both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton should continue to campaign for the Democratic nomination. Twenty-three percent say Clinton should drop out and 15% say Obama should drop out. http://www.gallup.com/video/107026/Majority-Democrats-Say-Keep-Campaigning.aspx Tue, 06 May 2008 03:45:00 GMT Data-driven insights into the Reverend Wright controversy in the U.S. election, Russia's new president, gas prices in the United States, and the food crisis in Bangladesh. http://www.gallup.com/video/107023/Gallup-Glance-Around-Globe.aspx Mon, 05 May 2008 17:00:00 GMT Fifty-one percent of Democratic supporters of Hillary Clinton who have followed the Jeremiah Wright controversy say it is a legitimate topic of discussion in the presidential campaign, while 85% of Barack Obama supporters who have followed it disagree. http://www.gallup.com/poll/107020/Clinton-Supporters-Believe-Wright-Relevant-Campaign.aspx Mon, 05 May 2008 16:15:00 GMT Barack Obama has a 5 percentage point edge over Hillary Clinton for the nomination among national Democrats, 50% to 45%, which is within the poll's margin of error. Thus, for the 12th straight day -- the longest stretch since January -- the race is statistically tied. http://www.gallup.com/poll/107014/Gallup-Daily-Democrats-Tied-Record-12th-Day.aspx Mon, 05 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT