Zogby shocker? Not so much!

Sen. John McCain

On Friday night, pollster John Zogby did a strange thing that provided a glimmer of hope to McCain supporters in the bogosphere. He published findings of a one-day survey that showed McCain leading Obama. He then speculated:

“Is McCain making a move? The three-day average holds steady, but McCain outpolled Obama today, 48% to 47%. He is beginning to cut into Obama’s lead among independents, is now leading among blue collar voters, has strengthened his lead among investors and among men, and is walloping Obama among NASCAR voters. Joe the Plumber may get his license after all.”

Now of course, there are problems with this approach to polling, which is why this practice is nowhere near widespread, however after the complete weekend sample came in, it obviously appears that the questionable one-day sample was a blip. The headline on Zogby’s site today: “Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby Poll: One Day Is Not A Trend: Obama Holds His Lead“. Zogby goes on to report:

“Obama has consolidated his lead over McCain. His single day lead today was back to 52%-42%. He leads by 10 among independents and has solidified his base. He leads among Hispanics by38 points, African Americans by 88, 18-24 year olds by 36, 18-29 year olds by 25, 25-34 year olds by 16, women by 8, and men by 3. He has a 17 point lead among those who have already voted, 22 by those who have registered to vote in the past 6 months, Moderates by 34, Catholics by 10. He even receives 21% support among Conservatives.”

Now for the good part. As if you could see Zogby wringing his hands, he writes:

“There are two full days to go before Election Day and obviously anything can happen, but it is hard to see where McCain goes from here.”

On his own site he also tells his “blogger friends” to chill!

“A special note to blogger friends: calm it down. Lay off the cable television noise and look at your baseball cards in your spare time. It is better for your (and everyone else’s) health.”

2 more days until change….

.chris{}