Poll Tracker

Two of the daily tracking polls show that John McCain got a bounce from the GOP convention and the presidential contest is again a tight race. Gallup's survey, which was conducted Sept. 4-6 and included two full days after the close of the convention, has McCain ahead 48 percent to 45 percent with 4 percent not sure. That's a slim point larger than the 2 percent margin of error. Barack Obama had led by as much as 8 points after the Democratic convention. The tracking poll released today by Rasmussen Reports, based on interviews conducted entirely after Sarah Palin's acceptance speech, shows the race at an exact tie, with John McCain and Barack Obama at 46 percent each. Last Tuesday, Obama had a 6 point lead in the Rasmussen poll. Forty-two percent of voters cite the economy as the top issue and Obama leads here by 34 points while among the 24 percent of voters who cite national security, McCain leads by 39 points. McCain leads by wide margins among voters who see fiscal and social issues as important, while Obama leads among those whose focus are domestic issues like Social Security or health care.