From CNN:
With two weeks and one day until election day, a new national poll of likely voters suggests the race for the White House may be tightening up.
In a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Monday, 51 percent of likely voters questioned Friday through Sunday back Barack Obama for president, with 46 percent supporting John McCain. That 5 point advantage for Senator Obama, D-Illinois, is down from an 8 point edge he held over Senator McCain, R-Arizona, in the last CNN/ORC national poll, conducted October 3-5.
Previously at NachonBlog:
October 9th: The Coming McCain Resurgence
October 17th: The Arrival of the McCain Resurgence
October 19th: McCain Resurgence Watch Update
UPDATE:
Chris Cillizza says don’t call it a comeback:
While the polling outlook may well have improved marginally for McCain over the past week, the structural problems revealed in the most recent Washington Post/ABC News poll remain.
The election is a referendum on the economy and which candidate is better suited to correct its problems. Due to the strong sense that the country is headed off in the wrong direction AND the huge unpopularity of Bush, Obama is far better positioned to win the economic argument than McCain.
And, never forget the continued financial advantage that Obama enjoys over McCain. It’s extremely difficult for a candidate trailing in the polls to overcome being outspent three to one and, in some cases, far worse without some sort of major external event intruding.
In sum, can we buy that “Joe the Plumber” and Obama’s pledge to “spread the wealth” has helped bring white men back to McCain’s side? Absolutely. Is it enough to change our current analysis that Obama is the clear frontrunner to be the next president of the United States? No.
