The RNC Bounce

Personally, I credit the green jell-o backdrop. The Gallup tracking poll is in and like Rasmussen before it, Gallup is showing a big bounce for McCain. McCain is up three from yesterday, and now trails Obama by four points. More importantly, both polls consist of three day rolling averages. Only the final day in each […]

Published September 5, 2008 4:21pm EST | Updated November 3, 2023 12:29am EST



Personally, I credit the green jell-o backdrop. The Gallup tracking poll is in and like Rasmussen before it, Gallup is showing a big bounce for McCain. McCain is up three from yesterday, and now trails Obama by four points. More importantly, both polls consist of three day rolling averages. Only the final day in each poll was conducted after Sarah Palin’s speech, and McCain appears to have had a huge day on each. Monday’s results will consist entirely of polling done after the RNC. If today’s results are any indication, Monday should show an even race. At worst.