National Poll Average: Obama’s Lead Shrinks to 2.4

It’s startling to see that Obama’s post-convention bounce has almost evaporated according to the latest national polls in the general election race between him and McCain.

RealClearPolitics shows Obama with only a 2.4 spread over McCain in an average of national polls from 08/29 through 09/05.

Gallup Tracking 09/03 - 09/05 Obama +2
Rasmussen Tracking 09/03 - 09/05 Obama +3
Hotline/FD Tracking 09/02 - 09/04 Obama +6
CBS News 09/01 - 09/03 Tie
CNN 08/29 - 08/31 Obama +1

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