Does Barack Obama's lead in the polls mean that the race is over? Local pollster John Zogby says far from it

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Story Created: Oct 12, 2008 at 6:43 PM EST

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UTICA, N.Y. (WKTV) - Does Barack Obama's lead in the polls mean that the race is over? Local pollster John Zogby says far from it.

Zogby says according to the numerous polls, Barack Obama has had a very good last couple of weeks, "Since we began, we've seen Obama's lead go from two points, up to six points, and that's a rolling average, clearly momentum is with Obama right now."

But Zogby says you may not want to read too much into that right now, things could change, he says "In 2000, we had Al Gore up by as much as seven points and George W. Bush as much as seven points on two different occasions so it swung up and down, and up and down. Same thing in 2004 with John Kerry, Kerry was in the lead, then Bush was in the lead and back and forth so it's way too soon to say this race is over."

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Monday, Oct 13 at 6:28 PM Anonymous wrote ...

MC BUSH would be a big mistake. Vote OBAMA !!!!!! YEA YEA YEA YEA!!!!!

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Monday, Oct 13 at 3:56 PM Qball69 wrote ...

Any person that would vote for Obama would have to be a very sick person.America needs a change but not that kind of change all that would get us is four years of civil rights movements.They've allready got to many rights as it is.

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Monday, Oct 13 at 2:56 PM Anonymous wrote ...

we cannot afford 4 years of Mccain. If you think things are bad now just wait and see.

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Monday, Oct 13 at 11:22 AM Apathy Will Make The Decision wrote ...

What is going to make the difference in THIS election is if people actually get up and vote... too many leave it to others... and that is why we end up the way we do. If we could vote on the INTERNET (like they do for everything else) you'd see a BIG difference!

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Monday, Oct 13 at 8:14 AM Gore Won wrote ...

We all know that. Bush bought his office seat. Now Obama is doing the same thing. But he is scary..too many touches with evil doers. McCann is not the greatest, but he is not BUSH he has fought W for many many years.

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Sunday, Oct 12 at 10:59 PM Ina wrote ...

I agree with Julia. But I also agree that anything could happen. According to the predicted electorate, Obama is over 300 and 270 is needed to win. Sooo, we'll see if the electorates remain as they are.

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Sunday, Oct 12 at 7:37 PM Julia wrote ...

Thats not saying much, in 2000, many, many, voters couldn't make the differnce as all the ballots after a certain point were not allowed to be counted, ordered by a republican, that is not fair at all, the main question, even after 8 years, is WHO REALLY WON?!,

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