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people-press.org - 8/6/2008

Summary of Findings: Obama Fatigue - 48% Hearing Too Much About Him

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Figure As he has since January, this week, Barack Obama enjoyed much more visibility as far as the public was concerned than did John McCain. By a margin of 76% to 11% respondents in Pew's weekly News Interest Index survey named Obama over McCain as the candidate they have heard the most about in recent days. But the same poll also shows that the Democratic candidate's media dominance may not ...

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