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          Notre Dame expert: McCain’s rise in polls will drop

          
            
              
                
                Published: September 08, 2008
              

              
                Author: Erik Runyon
              

              







          

          
          
          

          
        
        
        
          

The recent presidential polling news showing Sen. John McCain ahead of Sen. Barack Obama by 4 percentage points wont last, according to Darren Davis, a University of Notre Dame political scientist and nationally recognized expert in public opinion, elections and voting behavior.

John McCains seeming rise in the polls following the convention is to be expected, but such a bounce (3-6 percent increase) in the polls is usually artificial,said Davis, who specializes in political psychology, political behavior, public opinion, research methods and racial politics.

Once the focused media attention from the Republican National Conventionsubsides and other issues and candidates compete for media coverage, polls will readjust.

Obama may have had a bounce but it was displaced by the hurricane and the (GOP) convention.So if one supports Obama, there is no cause for alarm, and if one supports McCain, there is no cause for celebration.

* Media advisory: *  Professor Daviscomments may be used in whole or in part.He can be reached for further comment at 574-485-8766 (cell), or  " ddavis7@nd.edu ":mailto:ddavis7@nd.edu  .

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