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Friday, October 24, 2008

Thursday, 10/23

PRESIDENTIAL

ALABAMA

A Capital Survey Research Center poll; conducted 10/15-16 and 10/21; surveyed 606 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.0% (Gordon, Birmingham News, 10/22).

WH '08 General Election Matchup

-          Now 10/7 9/9 8/4

J. McCain 54% 55% 55% 47%

B. Obama 34 35 35 34




CALIFORNIA

A Public Policy Institute of CA poll; conducted 10/12-19; surveyed 2,004 adults; margin of error +/- 2.2%. Subsample of 1,186 LVs; margin of error +/- 2.8% (release, 10/23).

WH '08 General Election Matchup (LVs)

-           All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom His Wht 9/16 8/16 7/22

Obama/Biden 56% 89% 14% 53% 50% 62% 73% 49% 50% 48% 50%

McCain/Palin 33 7 75 25 37 30 18 39 40 39 35

Other 2 1 2 2 3 1 1 2 3 3 2

Undec 9 3 9 20 10 7 8 10 7 10 13






FLORIDA

A Quinnipiac Univ. poll; conducted 10/16-21; surveyed 1,433 LVs; margin of error +/- 2.6% (release, 10/23).

WH '08 General Election Matchup

-          All GOP Dem Ind Men Wom 9/29 9/26 9/9 8/24 7/29

B. Obama 49% 11% 85% 51% 46% 51% 51% 49% 43% 43% 46%

J. McCain 44 84 10 39 45 42 43 43 50 47 44

Other 1 -- 1 2 2 -- 1 1 1 2 2

Undec 7 5 4 8 7 6 5 7 6 8 7




ILLINOIS

A Big Ten Battleground poll; conducted 10/19-22 by the Univ. of WI; surveyed 572 RVs; margin of error +/- 4.1% (release, 10/23).

WH '08 General Election Matchup

-              Now 9/17

Obama/Biden 61% 53%

McCain/Palin 32 37

Other 2 2

Undec 4 6






INDIANA

A Big Ten Battleground poll; conducted 10/19-22 by the Univ. of WI; surveyed 586 RVs; margin of error +/- 4.0% (release, 10/23).

WH '08 General Election Matchup

-              Now 9/17

Obama/Biden 51% 43%

McCain/Palin 42 47

Other 1 2

Undec 3 5




IOWA

A Big Ten Battleground poll; conducted 10/19-22 by the Univ. of WI; surveyed 586 RVs; margin of error +/- 4.0% (release, 10/23).

WH '08 General Election Matchup

-              Now 9/17

Obama/Biden 52% 45%

McCain/Palin 39 45

Other 2 2

Undec 6 7




MICHGIAN

A Big Ten Battleground poll; conducted 10/19-22 by the Univ. of WI; surveyed 562 RVs; margin of error +/- 4.1% (release, 10/23).

WH '08 General Election Matchup

-              Now 9/17

Obama/Biden 58% 48%

McCain/Palin 36 44

Other 1 1

Undec 3 6




MINNESOTA

A Big Ten Battleground poll; conducted 10/19-22 by the Univ. of WI; surveyed 583 RVs; margin of error +/- 4.1% (release, 10/23).

WH '08 General Election Matchup

-              Now 9/17

Obama/Biden 57% 47%

McCain/Palin 38 45

Other 1 2

Undec 2 5




NEVADA

A CNN/Time/Opinion Research Corp. poll; conducted 10/19-21; surveyed 911 RVs; margin of error +/- 3.2%. Subsample of 700 LVs; margin of error +/- 3.7% (release, 10/22).

WH '08 General Election Matchups

-              Now     9/30    8/26

- RVs LVs RVs LVs RVs

B. Obama 54% 51% 54% 51% 49%

J. McCain 41 46 43 47 44

Neither 4 1 2 1 6

Other 1 1 * * 1

Undec * * * 1 1




-              Now     9/30    8/26

- RVs LVs RVs LVs RVs

B. Obama 51% 49% 51% 49% 41%

J. McCain 40 43 39 44 41

R. Nader 3 3 5 4 6

B. Barr 2 2 1 1 5

C. McKinney 1 * 1 * 3

None 2 * 1 1 3

Other 1 1 1 * *

Undec * * 1 1 2




NORTH CAROLINA

A CNN/Time/Opinion Research Corp. poll; conducted 10/19-21; surveyed 940 RVs; margin of error +/- 3.2%. Subsample of 644 LVs; margin of error +/- 3.9% (release, 10/22).

WH '08 General Election Matchups

-              Now     10/6    9/16

- RVs LVs RVs LVs RVs

Obama/Biden 51% 51% 50% 49% 47%

McCain/Palin 46 47 49 49 48

Neither 1 1 2 1 3

Other * * * * 1

Undec 1 1 * * 1




-              Now     10/6    9/16

- RVs LVs RVs LVs RVs

B. Obama 51% 51% 49% 49% 45%

J. McCain 44 46 48 48 46

B. Barr 3 2 2 2 2

None 1 * 1 1 2

Other * * * * 4

Undec 1 1 * * 1




OHIO

A Big Ten Battleground poll; conducted 10/19-22 by the Univ. of WI; surveyed 564 RVs; margin of error +/- 4.1% (release, 10/23).

WH '08 General Election Matchup

-              Now 9/17

Obama/Biden 53% 46%

McCain/Palin 41 45

Other 2 2

Undec 3 5




OHIO

A Quinnipiac Univ. poll; conducted 10/16-21; surveyed 1,360 LVs; margin of error +/- 2.7% (release, 10/23).

WH '08 General Election Matchup

-          All GOP Dem Ind Men Wom 9/29 9/26 9/9 8/24 7/29

B. Obama 52% 9% 85% 50% 46% 58% 50% 49% 49% 44% 46%

J. McCain 38 85 8 37 44 33 42 42 44 43 44

Other 1 -- 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1

Undec 8 5 5 11 8 8 7 8 5 11 8




OHIO

A CNN/Time/Opinion Research Corp. poll; conducted 10/19-21; surveyed 938 RVs; margin of error +/- 3.2%. Subsample of 737 LVs; margin of error +/- 3.6% (release, 10/22).

WH '08 General Election Matchups

-              Now     10/6    9/16 9/2

- RVs LVs RVs LVs RVs RVs

Obama/Biden 51% 50% 50% 50% 49% 47%

McCain/Palin 45 46 46 47 47 45

Neither 2 2 3 2 2 5

Other 1 1 * * * 1

Undec 1 1 1 1 2 2




-              Now     10/6    9/16 9/2

- RVs LVs RVs LVs RVs RVs

B. Obama 50% 49% 47% 48% 46% 45%

J. McCain 43 44 44 45 44 44

R. Nader 3 3 3 3 4 5

B. Barr 2 2 2 2 2 2

C. McKinney * * 1 * * 1

None 1 1 2 1 1 3

Other * * * * 1 *

Undec 1 1 1 1 1 1




PENNSYLVANIA

A Big Ten Battleground poll; conducted 10/19-22 by the Univ. of WI; surveyed 566 RVs; margin of error +/- 4.1% (release, 10/23).

WH '08 General Election Matchup

-              Now 9/17

Obama/Biden 52% 45%

McCain/Palin 42 45

Other 1 1

Undec 3 7




PENNSYLVANIA

A Quinnipiac Univ. poll; conducted 10/16-21; surveyed 1,425 LVs; margin of error +/- 2.6% (release, 10/23).

WH '08 General Election Matchup

-          All GOP Dem Ind Men Wom 9/29 9/26 9/9 8/24 7/29

B. Obama 53% 13% 87% 55% 47% 59% 54% 49% 48% 49% 49%

J. McCain 40 81 9 35 45 35 39 43 45 42 42

Other 2 2 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1

Undec 5 4 3 7 5 6 6 7 6 9 8




PENNSYLVANIA

An Allentown Morning Call/Muhlenberg College tracking poll; conducted 10/18-22; surveyed 602 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.0% (release, 10/23). Party ID Breakdown: 52%D, 42%R, 6%I.

WH '08 General Election Matchup

-          Now 10/21 10/20 10/19 10/18 10/17 10/16 10/15

B. Obama 52% 52% 52% 53% 52% 52% 53% 53%

J. McCain 42 41 42 41 40 39 39 37

Other 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 3

Undec 5 6 5 5 6 7 7 7




VIRGINIA

A Mason-Dixon poll; conducted 10/20-21; surveyed 625 LVs; margin of error +/- 3.9% (release, 10/22).

WH '08 General Election Matchup

-              All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom Wht Blk 10/1 9/22

Obama/Biden 47% 82% 11% 49% 43% 51% 36% 92% 45% 44%

McCain/Palin 45 12 83 38 48 42 55 3 48 47

Other -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1

Undec 8 6 6 13 9 7 9 5 7 8




VIRGINIA

A CNN/Time/Opinion Research Corp. poll; conducted 10/19-21; surveyed 927 RVs; margin of error +/- 3.2%. Subsample of 647 LVs; margin of error +/- 3.9% (release, 10/22).

WH '08 General Election Matchups

-              Now     10/14   9/30    9/9

- RVs LVs RVs LVs RVs LVs RVs

Obama/Biden 54% 54% 53% 53% 54% 53% 46%

McCain/Palin 42 44 43 43 42 44 50

Neither 2 1 2 2 3 2 3

Other * * 1 1 * * 1

Undec 1 * 1 1 1 * 1




WEST VIRGINIA

A WV Wesleyan College poll; conducted 10/20-21 by Orion Strategies; surveyed 600 RVs; margin of error +/- 4.0% (release, 10/22).

WH '08 General Election Matchup

J. McCain       49%

B. Obama 44

Neither 4

Undec 3




WEST VIRGINIA

A CNN/Time/Opinion Research Corp. poll; conducted 10/19-21; surveyed 893 RVs; margin of error +/- 3.3%. Subsample of 674 LVs; margin of error +/- 3.8% (release, 10/22).

WH '08 General Election Matchups

-              Now     9/23

- RVs LVs RVs LVs

McCain/Palin 51% 53% 50% 50%

Obama/Biden 44 44 44 46

Neither 2 2 4 3

Other 1 1 1 1

Undec 1 1 1 *




-              Now     9/23

- RVs LVs RVs LVs

J. McCain 51% 53% 47% 49%

B. Obama 41 41 41 44

R. Nader 4 2 6 5

C. McKinney 1 1 1 1

None 2 1 3 2

Other * * * *

Undec 1 1 1 *




WISCONSIN

A Big Ten Battleground poll; conducted 10/19-22 by the Univ. of WI; surveyed 584 RVs; margin of error +/- 4.1% (release, 10/23).

WH '08 General Election Matchup

-              Now 9/17

Obama/Biden 53% 45%

McCain/Palin 41 44

Other -- 1

Undec 4 7




WISCONSIN

A Research 2000 poll; conducted 10/20-21 for WISC-TV; surveyed 600 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.0% (release, 10/22). Party ID Breakdown: 37%D, 32%R, 31%I.

WH '08 General Election Matchup

-              All Men Wom Dem GOP Ind 10/6 9/25

Obama/Biden 52% 47% 57% 86% 11% 54% 51% 49%

McCain/Palin 41 46 36 7 82 39 41 43

Other 4 5 3 3 4 5 na na

Undec 3 2 4 5 3 2 na na






SENATE

KENTUCKY

A Research 2000 poll; conducted 10/19-21 for the Lexington Herald-Leader; surveyed 600 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.0% (release, 10/23). Tested: Senate Min. Leader Mitch McConnell (R) and '03/'07 GOV candidate/businessman Bruce Lunsford (D).

General Election Matchup

-              All Men Wom Dem GOP Ind Wht Blk 10/16 9/17

M. McConnell 47% 51% 43% 15% 87% 46% 53% 5% 46% 50%

B. Lunsford 43 40 46 75 6 40 39 73 42 37

Undec 10 9 11 10 9 14 8 22 12 13




Fav/Unfav

-              Now     10/16   9/17    7/30

M. McConnell 48%/48% 47%/46% 51%/43% 49%/41%

B. Lunsford 47 /45 48 /45 47 /44 44 /42




McConnell As Sen.

-              All Men Wom Dem GOP Ind

Approve 45% 50% 40% 23% 72% 41%

Disapprove 46 43 49 68 19 49




NEW JERSEY

A Monmouth Univ./Gannett New Jersey Poll; conducted 10/15-18; surveyed 900 RVs; margin of error +/- 3.3%. Subsample of 723 LVs; margin of error +/- 3.6% (release, 10/22). Tested: Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D) and '96 nominee/ex-Rep. Dick Zimmer (R).

General Election Matchup

-              Now                         9/14    7/21


-              All LVs Dem Ind GOP Men Wom All LVs All LVs

F. Lautenberg 51% 52% 84% 42% 15% 51% 52% 46% 46% 44% 45%

D. Zimmer 32 36 5 33 77 36 28 33 36 34 37

Other 2 2 1 5 1 1 4 5 5 7 6

Not vote 4 3 3 4 3 5 2 1 1 1 1

Undec 11 8 8 15 4 7 14 16 14 13 11




Fav/Unfav

-              All     LVs     Dem     Ind     GOP

F. Lautenberg 45%/24% 48%/26% 68%/ 6% 39%/25% 21%/55%

D. Zimmer 28 /16 31 /16 12 /24 27 /13 58 / 8




Lautenberg As Sen.

-          All LVs Dem Ind GOP Men Wom 7/21 4/08 1/08

Approve 48% 49% 66% 44% 24% 46% 50% 45% 48% 43%

Disapprove 28 32 10 31 57 32 25 33 31 28




Lautenberg Is Too Old To Be An Effective Sen.

-          All LVs Dem Ind GOP Men Wom 9/14 7/21 4/08 1/08

Agree 29% 33% 21% 27% 42% 34% 25% 31% 31% 41% 34%

Disagree 61 59 68 63 51 59 63 57 54 46 51




HOUSE

ME-01

A Pan Atlantic SMS Group poll; conducted 10/13-16; surveyed 207 LVs; margin of error +/- 6.8% (release, 10/22). Tested: Iraq vet/ex-Small Business Admin regional chief Charles Summers (R) and '02 SEN nominee Chellie Pingree (D).

General Election Matchup

C. Pingree      43

C. Summers 32

Undec 25




ME-02

A Pan Atlantic SMS Group poll; conducted 10/13-16; surveyed 193 LVs; margin of error +/- 7.1% (release, 10/22). Tested: Rep. Michael Michaud (D) and Farmington Selectman John Frary (R).

General Election Matchup

M. Michaud      60%

J. Frary 26

Undec 14






MI-09

A Grove Insight (D) poll; conducted 10/21 for the DCCC; surveyed 400 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.9% (release, 10/23). Tested: ex-MI lottery commissioner/state Sen. Gary Peters (D), Rep. Joe Knollenberg (R) and assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian (I).

General Election Matchup

-                  Now 10/5

G. Peters 46% 46%

J. Knollenberg 36 37

J. Kevorkian 2 2




OH-15

A Greenberg Quinlan Rosner (D) poll; conducted 10/19-20 for the DCCC; surveyed 400 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.9% (release, 10/23). Tested: '06 nominee Mary Jo Kilroy (D), state Sen. Steve Stivers (R) and pro-life activist Don Elijah Eckhart (I).

General Election Matchup

-              Now 10/1

M. Kilroy 44% 44%

S. Stivers 36 36

D. Eckhart 8 7




WH '08 General Election Matchup

-              Now 10/1

B. Obama 51% 46%

J. McCain 39 39




PA-12

A Susquehanna Polling & Research (R) poll; conducted 10/21; surveyed 400 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.9% (release, 10/23). Tested: Rep. John Murtha (D) and vet/ex-army lieutenant colonel William Russell (R).

General Election Matchup

J. Murtha       46%

W. Russell 41

Other 4

Undec 8

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