State Polls Today

by William Teach — published on September 18th, 2008

Quick and dirty update on State polls. You can check out the full data at Electoral Vote. Some of the important highlights to a massive amount of new polls

Va is back to slightly McCain
Pa. still a dead heat
New Mexico is back to Barry
Mac takes over Colorado
Barry is losing ground in Washington, Oregon, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan
Mac lost some ground in Florida, West Virginia, Louisiana, and NC (though NC is still solidly GOP)
NY is back to Barry by 12
The Welfare State of Washington DC is massively Barry
Barry lost a bit in Idaho Iowa, though still solidly Barry (woops, brain and fingers did not co-operate)

A big concern, and not just symbolically, is Illinois, Barack’s home state, of course. The margin has been slowly creeping closer, and, with the latest poll, Barry only leads by 6. This is a state that Kerry won by 10, Gore won by 12, Clinton won by 17 in ‘96 and 15 in ‘92. WIll Obama lose it? Probably not. But, if he pulls a Gore and loses his home state, very bad, since Illinois accounts for 21 electoral votes.

For the most part, I am ignoring most solidly blue or red states, especially if there is little change.

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Lincoln says:
September 18th, 2008 at 12:09 pm
Barry lost a bit in Idaho, though still solidly Barry

Um, what?
Marc Joseph says:
September 20th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
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winnie47 says:
September 21st, 2008 at 11:20 pm
Here’s the state of the state polls: YOU LOSE! YOU LOSE! YOU LOSE! YOU LOSE! Oh! And by the way- YOU LOSE!