Comments on: Convention Bumps, Race-Baiting and those “Old, Lefty Professors” (Who, Moi?) http://sites.middlebury.edu/presidentialpower/2012/08/28/convention-bumps-race-baiting-and-those-old-lefty-professors-who-moi/ A NonPartisan Analysis of Presidential Politics Wed, 21 Nov 2012 15:45:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Jason http://sites.middlebury.edu/presidentialpower/2012/08/28/convention-bumps-race-baiting-and-those-old-lefty-professors-who-moi/comment-page-1/#comment-29348 Jason Thu, 30 Aug 2012 20:27:02 +0000 http://sites.middlebury.edu/presidentialpower/?p=13178#comment-29348 hey thanks a lot. Yes, Gallup ran a lower number. I’ve seen a few other examples where O was as high as 47 percent. Certainly, that would have made my conclusion different. But I was using Gallup stats so I stayed with their numbers.

]]> By: Matthew Dickinson http://sites.middlebury.edu/presidentialpower/2012/08/28/convention-bumps-race-baiting-and-those-old-lefty-professors-who-moi/comment-page-1/#comment-29327 Matthew Dickinson Thu, 30 Aug 2012 03:30:27 +0000 http://sites.middlebury.edu/presidentialpower/?p=13178#comment-29327 Jason,

I think Obama’s approval is trending about 2-3% higher than what you cite, but your more general point that history suggests this is going to be a very close race is accurate, as far as I can tell based on most of the forecast models.

]]> By: Jason http://sites.middlebury.edu/presidentialpower/2012/08/28/convention-bumps-race-baiting-and-those-old-lefty-professors-who-moi/comment-page-1/#comment-29322 Jason Thu, 30 Aug 2012 02:55:05 +0000 http://sites.middlebury.edu/presidentialpower/?p=13178#comment-29322 Professor,

Do you agree with my analysis?: http://thewesternexperience.com/2012/08/29/election-year-presidential-approval-ratings-since-1980-2/

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