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Entries from July 2008

New Swing State Polls Show Continuing Volatility of Race

July 25th, 2008   ·   27 Comments   ·   Email This Post Email This Post   ·   URI

The latest polls, from Quinnipiac and Rasmussen keep Obama ahead overall, but the bounce he enjoyed after securing the nomination is wearing off a bit.    Visit the individual state pages to see some of the more recent polls in each state, along with a voting history of that state.
In terms of the recent polls:

Pennsylvania:   […]

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Virginia as Pivotal Swing State?

July 24th, 2008   ·   17 Comments   ·   Email This Post Email This Post   ·   URI

Early polling is showing that the race in Virginia, a state that hasn’t voted Democratic since 1964, may be very close this year.  We were just playing around with a scenario where that state could be decisive.
In this scenario, Obama maintains his lead and wins the block of states in the economically struggling upper Midwest, […]

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Latest Polls Show Tightening in Swing States

July 23rd, 2008   ·   2 Comments   ·   Email This Post Email This Post   ·   URI

Recent polls in NH and FL have shown a closer race than polls out a few weeks ago.   A couple polls in NH show only a 2 or 3 point lead for Obama, down from about 10 points.  In Florida, a recent poll shows McCain only up by two points on Obama.   Perhaps the biggest […]

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Obama Builds Lead in Two Important Swing States

July 17th, 2008   ·   2 Comments   ·   Email This Post Email This Post   ·   URI

A number of polls have come out this week and Senator Obama has opened up a 10 point lead in Iowa and an 8 point lead in Michigan.  Both those polls came from Rasmussen, which also came out with a South Dakota poll that shows that race tightening — Senator McCain leads 44-40.      These polls […]

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