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Poll: Obama surges ahead after VP debate

Posted at 8:11 AM on October 7, 2008 by Tom Scheck (1 Comments)

A new MPR/Humphrey Institute poll shows that Democrat Barack Obama has surged ahead of Republican John McCain in the past week. Those polled found the race in a dead heat before Thursday's vice-presidential debate. Obama surged ahead after the debate. The reason: voters are more confident in how Obama would handle the financial crisis and Joe Biden's performance in the debate.

The U of M's Larry Jacobs says the race is far from over. 12% of those polled are still undecided and a fifth say they can change their mind before election day.

Here's the story (with graphics).

Comments (1)

http://www.keatingeconomics.com/

Perhaps McCain should be asked at the debate why he was involved in a bank failure before and still votes for DEregulations which is why we are where we are now.

Posted by carolo | October 7, 2008 12:15 PM

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