Poll-itics: Obama breaks 50 in four tracking polls

By GottaLaff

GObama!

Tracking Poll Update

Sen. Barack Obama is holding solid leads in nearly every tracking poll of the presidential race and has broken 50% in four of them.

Diageo/Hotline: Obama 50%, McCain 40%

Gallup: Obama 51%, McCain 42%

Rasmussen: Obama 52%, McCain 45%

Research 2000: Obama 52%, McCain 40%

Zogby: Obama 48%, McCain 44%

But then there's this, although pertinent to this poll, Obama's increasing numbers now made it a tie:

Ohio Newspaper Poll: McCain Leads By Two Points

The latest Ohio Newspaper Poll shows Sen. John McCain clinging to a narrow lead over Sen. Barack Obama, 48% to 46%.

Last month, McCain led by six points.

Said pollster Eric Rademacher: "We've gone from a race that looked increasingly like it was going toward John McCain to a race that now is more or less even."

Oops, nearly forgot this one:

Research 2000: Obama Up By Five in Florida

A new Research 2000 poll in Florida finds Sen. Barack Obama leading Sen. John McCain, 49% to 44%.

Key finding: "Obama, long the favorite of the youngest votes, now leads 72-year-old McCain by 7 percentage points among the 60-plus age group. The oldest voters were about equally divided in last month's poll."

Looks like the Great Schlep is having an effect. Mazel tov!