http://election.princeton.edu/2008/09/17/polls-and-mood/ A first draft of electoral history Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:35:25 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://election.princeton.edu/2008/09/17/polls-and-mood/comment-page-1/#comment-464 Fred Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:31:32 +0000 http://election.princeton.edu/?p=1097#comment-464 9-18 you were right; multiple polls are showing very recent swing to Obama. Possible factors: Financial industry crisis; McCain "the economy is sound"; continual bad publicity for Palin + end of post convention bounce. Question: will this new trend last? The economy is not a transient issue, so perhaps it will. I don't think Kerry ever recoverd from Swift Boat (was helped by the debates, but to a relatively small degree) 9-18
you were right; multiple polls are showing very recent swing to Obama.
Possible factors: Financial industry crisis; McCain “the economy is sound”; continual bad publicity for Palin + end of post convention bounce.
Question: will this new trend last? The economy is not a transient issue, so perhaps it will. I don’t think Kerry ever recoverd from Swift Boat (was helped by the debates, but to a relatively small degree)

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