9/7 USA Today Poll now has McCain up by 10 (voters, polls, president)

[censusdata]

The commulative average of over 20 respected polls has McCain up by 1%, an overnight increase of 1.8

RealClearPolitics - Election 2008 - General Election: McCain vs. Obama

[walidm]

Hmm...this is interesting. When you look at the parallels in the graph, and knowing poll bounces after conventions are short lived, could Senator McCain be in for a very large fall, or will he plateau where he started? This will be interesting to watch.

[anifani821]

It is way too far ahead of the election for any of this to have meaning. What happens in the last 8 to 10 days b/f the election is what will affect voters. And anything could happen. There is always an "October surprise," LOL.

[smd1998]

Originally Posted by walidm

Hmm...this is interesting. When you look at the parallels in the graph, and knowing poll bounces after conventions are short lived, could Senator McCain be in for a very large fall, or will he plateau where he started? This will be interesting to watch.

I do not see the same thing happening as when the wall came tumbling down for Obama. Is that what you mean?

[jjbradleynyc]

Originally Posted by censusdata

The commulative average of over 20 respected polls has McCain up by 1%, an overnight increase of 1.8

RealClearPolitics - Election 2008 - General Election: McCain vs. Obama

I think these early polls really can't be trusted. There are SO many factors going into the polls. Such as how were the questions asked? And what demographic population was asked?
The polls in general can be very misleading. I don't trust them 1 week before the election. They are typically used as a tool to sway the undecided.