TRACKERS

Posted at 1:28 p.m. ET

Both trackers for today are now out, and they tend to confirm each other - a slight drop for Barack Obama.

As reported earlier, just below, Rasmussen has Obama up five points, in contrast to six yesterday. 

Gallup has Obama up six, in contrast to eight yesterday.

Trackers are taken over a three-day period.  Gallup reports:

This latest rolling average probably does not reflect much impact of the delayed opening of the Republican National Convention now underway in St. Paul, Minn. There was little convention activity Monday night due to Hurricane Gustav, and interviewing on Tuesday was, to a large degree, completed before the major prime time speeches at the convention were televised, particularly in the Midwest and Eastern portions of the country. A review of last week's tracking during the Democratic convention shows that Obama did not begin to show major gains until the tracking averages reported on Thursday, covering the first three nights of the Denver convention. So it is possible that any potential McCain convention bounce may not be evident for a few days.

Let us look forward to the bounce. 

September 3, 2008.