Obama 9 Point Lead Before Debate

I wanted to see what the polls were looking like before the Second Presidential Debate even begins tonight. Right now, from a Gallup poll taken over the last few days, Barack Obama has a nine point lead over John McCain.

The latest Gallup Poll Daily tracking poll shows registered voters preferring Barack Obama to John McCain for president by 51% to 42%.

This is an increase over his recent 5 point lead I posted about during the last presidential debate.

The nine percentage point lead in Oct. 4-6 tracking matches Obama's highest to date for the campaign, and the highest for either candidate. Obama led McCain by 49% to 40% near the tail end of his international trip in late July.

Obama has now held a statistically significant lead since Sept. 24-26 polling and has not trailed McCain since Sept. 13-15, roughly coinciding with the intensification of the financial crisis.

I'd like to wish both candidates luck at this time, and I must be honest, I cannot wait to see this go down!

I wanted to document the polls before, as well as, after the debates to compare Barack's popularity as it either increases or decreases after the debate tonight.