<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/aaf33e7d-675a-4c65-900c-59b61a2c4307/64C9755C-BCB8-47BC-BA5B-782DB49FC559/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/35_expect_mccain_victory_34_say_obama_will_win" href="http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/35_expect_mccain_victory_34_say_obama_will_win" style="font-size: 11px;">www.rasmussenreports.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/35_expect_mccain_victory_34_say_obama_will_win"><P> Thirty-five percent (35%) say they expect McCain to win, 34% expect an Obama victory, and 30% say the race is too close to call. (<A href="http://www.rasmussenreports.com/premium_content/political_tracking_crosstabs/september_2008/crosstabs_election_outcome_september_12_2008" linkindex="16">see crosstabs</A>). </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/35_expect_mccain_victory_34_say_obama_will_win"><P> While McCain's 35% to 34% edge is statistically insignificant, it is a remarkable turnaround from a month ago when 46% expected an Obama victory versus 28% who thought the Republican would win (<A href="http://www.rasmussenreports.com/premium_content/historical_data/election_2008" linkindex="17">see trends</A>). </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/35_expect_mccain_victory_34_say_obama_will_win"><P> The new survey also found that 45% of voters say the election will be exciting, up from 23% in mid-August. GOP voters are more excited about the election now than Democrats. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/35_expect_mccain_victory_34_say_obama_will_win"><P> Fifty-three percent (53%) of McCain voters say it will be exciting while just 38% of Obama voters say the same. A month ago, just 20% of McCain voters thought the election would be exciting while 29% of Obama voters held that view.<I> </I> </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/35_expect_mccain_victory_34_say_obama_will_win">One week after the conventions, <A href="http://markets.rasmussenreports.com" linkindex="21">Rasmussen Markets</A> data shows the race to be a toss-up. Prior to the past few days, Obama had been heavily favored (current expectations: McCain <A target="_blank" href="http://api.intrade.com/aav2/trading/contractInfo.jsp?conDetailID=376101" linkindex="22"><SPAN id="intrade_10997_8978" class="intrade">52.2</SPAN></A> % <B> </B>Obama <A target="_blank" href="http://api.intrade.com/aav2/trading/contractInfo.jsp?conDetailID=409933" linkindex="23"><SPAN id="intrade_10998_2363" class="intrade">46.8</SPAN></A> %).<B> </B></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/64C9755C-BCB8-47BC-BA5B-782DB49FC559/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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