WOOT ! McCain UP By 3 In Gallup Poll- 11 Point Swing in 5 Days

What a difference a few days makes on Tuesday morning the press made a big deal about the fact Senator Obama had reached the 50% number and a 8 point advantage over Senator McCain. Today that same poll has McCain up over Obama by 3% and the full effect of the RNC has not even been seen yet:

Gallup Daily: McCain Moves Ahead, 48% to 45%
McCain enjoying increase in support following convention USA Election 2008Gallup

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PRINCETON, NJ -- The latest Gallup Poll Daily tracking update shows John McCain moving ahead of Barack Obama, 48% to 45%, when registered voters are asked for whom they would vote if the presidential election were held today.

These results are based on Sept. 4-6 interviewing, and include two full days of polling after the conclusion of the Republican National Convention last Thursday night. McCain has outpolled Obama on both Friday and Saturday, and is receiving a convention bounce just as Obama did last week.

Tomorrow's report will be the first in which all interviews were conducted after the conclusion of the convention. Gallup measures convention bounces by comparing candidate support in the last poll done entirely before a party's presidential nominating convention begins with the first polling conducted entirely after its conclusion.

McCain's 48% share of the vote ties for his largest since Gallup tracking began in early March. He registered the same level of support in early May. This is also McCain's largest advantage over Obama since early May, when he led by as much as six percentage points. Obama has led McCain for most of the campaign, and for nearly all of the time since clinching the Democratic nomination in early June. (To view the complete trend since March 7, 2008, click here.) -- Jeff Jones

(Click here to see how the race currently breaks down by demographic subgroup.)