Thursday, October 11, 2012

2004 vs 2012, Part Two

In the 2004 presidential election campaign, in the week leading up to the first debate the incumbent president led his challenger from Massachusetts 52-44 in the Gallup poll ending 09/26/2004.

The first debate was held on 09/30/2004, and the moderator was Jim Lehrer. The challenger was widely perceived as having won the debate against a poorly prepared incumbent.

In the next Gallup poll (period ending 10/03/2004), the race was tied 49-49.

I'm still waiting to see if the 2012 race deviates from the 2004 scenario.

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