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The AP-Yahoo News Poll is a unique study that tracks the moods and opinions of a group of people throughout the presidential election campaign. The seventh wave of this study included re-interviews of 1,740 people between Sept. 5-15 who were originally interviewed in November or early December. It included interviews with 502 people who in AP-Yahoo News polls in January and April identified themselves as supporting Clinton in one or both of those months. The extensive national survey was conducted by Knowledge Networks of Menlo Park, Calif., under the direction and supervision of AP's polling unit.
Deep-seated racial misgivings could cost Barack Obama the White House if the election is close, according to an AP-Yahoo News poll that found one-third of white Democrats harbor negative views toward blacks — many calling them "lazy," "violent" or responsible for their own troubles.
A recent AP-Yahoo News poll shows that 15 percent of the electorate — people who call themselves moderates and aren't solidly supporting a candidate — make up the persuadable middle. More than half are independents and, judging by history, many probably don't vote party line. The center of the electorate is where the White House is all but certain to be won or lost. Both Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama are aggressively going after these voters, the most prized group but also the most difficult to reach.
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