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Will Barack Obama retake the lead in the Gallup daily poll between Clinton and Obama (and when)?

Settled as Obama retakes lead in a March 19-21 poll

http://www.gallup.com/poll/105529/Gallup-Daily-Obama-Edges-Ahead-Clinton.aspx

Background:

Gallup has been conducting daily NATIONAL polls on the presidential race. See http://www.gallup.com/poll/105088/Gallup-Daily-Clinton-47-Obama-44.aspx for one example. Will Barack retake the lead, and if so, when?

Note that only the "Gallup Daily: Clinton at XX%, Barack at XX%" poll will count, as reported at http://www.gallup.com/tag/Gallup%2bDaily.aspx. This is NOT the USA Today/Gallup poll or any other poll.

The question will be settled ONLY IF Obama is LEADING. A tie does not count as "retaking the lead".


Settlement details: As reported at http://www.gallup.com/tag/Gallup%2bDaily.aspx. This is a specific Gallup poll being run daily between Obama and Hillary.

 
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Settled

Obama retakes lead in a March 19-21 poll
23%
Obama retakes lead in a March 22-24 poll
29%
Obama retakes lead in a March 25-27 poll
11%
Obama retakes lead in a March 28-31 poll
8%
Clinton maintains lead throughout March
29%
Activity: H$8,483
Settled as Obama retakes lead in a March 19-21 poll on Sat 22nd Mar 2008 11:17am PDT

Suspend date: Mon 31st Mar 2008 12:59am PDT Settlement date: Sat 22nd Mar 2008 11:17am PDT

Initial likelihoods: Obama retakes lead in a March 19-21 poll: 20%, Obama retakes lead in a March 22-24 poll: 20%, Obama retakes lead in a March 25-27 poll: 20%, Obama retakes lead in a March 28-31 poll: 20%, Clinton maintains lead throughout March: 20%

Action history:

Created Tue 18th Mar 2008 3:11pm PDT by triathematician
Settlement requested Sat 22nd Mar 2008 10:17am PDT by triathematician: The March 21 poll has come in. See http://www.gallup.com/poll/105529/Gallup-Daily-Obama-Edges-Ahead-Clinton.aspx. This should be settled for "March 19-21", and any predictions made after 1300 EST today should be voided.
Settled as 'Obama retakes lead in a March 19-21 poll' Sat 22nd Mar 2008 11:17am PDT by ryanj[Admin]: http://www.gallup.com/poll/105529/Gallup-Daily-Obama-Edges-Ahead-Clinton.aspx

Suspend date: Mon 31st Mar 2008 12:59am PDT Settlement date: Sat 22nd Mar 2008 11:17am PDT
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Predictions (88)

88 predictions

41 weeks ago
triathematician predicted Obama retakes lead in a March 19-21 poll (H$100 at 19%)
42 weeks ago
jenniandboys[Admin] predicted Obama retakes lead in a March 19-21 poll (H$20 at 18%)
42 weeks ago
jenniandboys[Admin] predicted Obama retakes lead in a March 22-24 poll (H$50 at 20%)
42 weeks ago
triathematician predicted Obama retakes lead in a March 22-24 poll (H$100 at 17%)
42 weeks ago
triathematician predicted Obama retakes lead in a March 19-21 poll (H$100 at 17%)
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Comments (4)

Is that the poll for March 19th or March 18th?
posted 42 weeks ago
Thanks for the correction... March 18 indeed. I've been getting my info from Pollster, and that says "March 19" because it was posted today. But it is definitely the March 18 poll.
posted 42 weeks ago
Note that these polls are rolling 3-day averages, so the March 18 poll is an average of polling conducted on March 16-18. The March 20 poll showed Clinton's lead dropped to 2 (http://www.gallup.com/poll/105559/Gallup-Daily-Clinton-Now-47-Obamas-45.aspx).
posted 41 weeks ago

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