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Iowa: McCain vs. Obama
Polling Data
| Poll | Date | Sample | MoE | Obama (D) | McCain (R) | Spread |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Final Results | -- | -- | -- | 54.0 | 44.7 | Obama +9.3 |
| RCP Average | 10/27 - 10/31 | -- | -- | 54.0 | 38.7 | Obama +15.3 |
| Des Moines Register | 10/28 - 10/31 | 814 LV | 3.4 | 54 | 37 | Obama +17 |
| SurveyUSA | 10/28 - 10/29 | 658 LV | 3.9 | 55 | 40 | Obama +15 |
| Research 2000 | 10/27 - 10/29 | 600 LV | 4.0 | 53 | 39 | Obama +14 |
Recent Commentary & News Stories
- Center Right Nation Leans to the Left - Thomas Schaller, Baltimore Sun
- The Era of Division Remains - Stuart Rothenberg, Roll Call
- What's at Stake in Georgia's Senate Runoff - Michael Grunwald, Time
- The Truth About the Election - Elizabeth Drew, NY Review of Books
- Mr. Jefferson and Mr. Hamilton - John Feehery, Politico
Polling Data
| Poll | Date | Sample | MoE | Obama (D) | McCain (R) | Spread |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Final Results | -- | -- | -- | 54.0 | 44.7 | Obama +9.3 |
| RCP Average | 10/27 - 10/31 | -- | -- | 54.0 | 38.7 | Obama +15.3 |
| Des Moines Register | 10/28 - 10/31 | 814 LV | 3.4 | 54 | 37 | Obama +17 |
| SurveyUSA | 10/28 - 10/29 | 658 LV | 3.9 | 55 | 40 | Obama +15 |
| Research 2000 | 10/27 - 10/29 | 600 LV | 4.0 | 53 | 39 | Obama +14 |
| Marist | 10/23 - 10/24 | 645 LV | 4.0 | 52 | 42 | Obama +10 |
| Rasmussen | 10/23 - 10/23 | 700 LV | 4.0 | 52 | 44 | Obama +8 |
| NBC/Mason-Dixon | 10/22 - 10/23 | 625 LV | 4.0 | 51 | 40 | Obama +11 |
| Quad City-Times/R2000 | 10/19 - 10/22 | 600 LV | 4.0 | 54 | 39 | Obama +15 |
| Big10 Battleground | 10/19 - 10/22 | 586 LV | 4.2 | 52 | 39 | Obama +13 |
| SurveyUSA | 10/08 - 10/09 | 692 LV | 3.8 | 54 | 41 | Obama +13 |
| Research 2000 | 09/29 - 09/30 | 600 LV | 4.0 | 55 | 39 | Obama +16 |
| Rasmussen | 09/25 - 09/25 | 700 LV | 4.0 | 51 | 43 | Obama +8 |
| Marist | 09/18 - 09/21 | 467 LV | 4.0 | 51 | 41 | Obama +10 |
| Quad-City Times/R2000 | 09/15 - 09/17 | 600 LV | 4.0 | 53 | 39 | Obama +14 |
| SurveyUSA | 09/17 - 09/18 | 702 LV | 3.8 | 54 | 43 | Obama +11 |
| Big10 Battleground | 09/14 - 09/17 | 643 RV | 4.0 | 45 | 45 | Tie |
| Des Moines Register | 09/08 - 09/10 | 616 LV | 4.0 | 52 | 40 | Obama +12 |
| CNN/Time | 08/31 - 09/02 | 828 RV | -- | 55 | 40 | Obama +15 |
| Univ. of Iowa | 08/04 - 08/13 | 617 LV | -- | 50 | 43 | Obama +7 |
| Rasmussen | 07/10 - 07/10 | 500 LV | -- | 51 | 41 | Obama +10 |
| SurveyUSA | 06/13 - 06/16 | 528 LV | -- | 49 | 45 | Obama +4 |
| Rasmussen | 08/07 - 08/07 | 700 LV | 4.0 | 49 | 44 | Obama +5 |
| Rasmussen | 06/10 - 06/10 | 500 LV | -- | 45 | 38 | Obama +7 |
| SurveyUSA | 05/21 - 05/22 | 600 RV | -- | 47 | 38 | Obama +9 |
| Rasmussen | 05/13 - 05/13 | 500 LV | -- | 44 | 42 | Obama +2 |
| Research 2000 | 04/21 - 04/23 | 600 LV | -- | 49 | 41 | Obama +8 |
| SurveyUSA | 04/11 - 04/13 | 553 RV | -- | 49 | 42 | Obama +7 |
| Rasmussen | 03/31 - 03/31 | 500 LV | -- | 46 | 42 | Obama +4 |
| SurveyUSA | 02/26 - 02/28 | 619 RV | -- | 50 | 41 | Obama +9 |
| Rasmussen | 02/18 - 02/18 | 500 LV | -- | 44 | 41 | Obama +3 |
| SurveyUSA | 02/15 - 02/17 | 563 RV | -- | 51 | 41 | Obama +10 |
| SurveyUSA | 01/04 - 01/06 | 543 RV | -- | 55 | 38 | Obama +17 |
| Research 2000 | 12/18 - 12/20 | 600 LV | -- | 42 | 39 | Obama +3 |
| SurveyUSA | 12/13 - 12/15 | 539 RV | -- | 51 | 39 | Obama +12 |
| Research 2000 | 11/12 - 11/14 | 600 LV | -- | 47 | 37 | Obama +10 |
| SurveyUSA | 11/09 - 11/11 | 546 RV | -- | 50 | 42 | Obama +8 |
All Commentary & News Stories
- Center Right Nation Leans to the Left - Thomas Schaller, Baltimore Sun
- The Era of Division Remains - Stuart Rothenberg, Roll Call
- What's at Stake in Georgia's Senate Runoff - Michael Grunwald, Time
- The Truth About the Election - Elizabeth Drew, NY Review of Books
- Mr. Jefferson and Mr. Hamilton - John Feehery, Politico
- Iraq's Costly Success - Michael Gerson, Washington Post
- Obama's Transformational Network - E. J. Dionne, Houston Chronicle
- Can 'Progressives' Be 'Liberals' Again? - Michael Lind, Salon
- Electoral Polarization Persists Under Obama - Jay Cost, RealClearPolitics
- Lessons Spoke to Nation's Mood - Larry Sabato, Richmond Times-Dispatch
- Gergen & Hart Analyze Obama's Win - Jann Wenner, Rolling Stone
- Myths About a Mythic Election - Chris Cillizza, Washington Post
- How Political Eras End and Begin - Ron Suskind, NY Times Magazine
- A Center-Left Nation - Tod Lindberg, Washington Post
- Palin's Unfortunate Coattails - Wall Street Journal
- The Obama Presidency and a New Liberal Order - Peter Beinart, Time
- Obama Gets the Clinton Band Back Together - Smith & Brown, Politico
- Obama's Promise to Pro-Lifers - E.J. Dionne, Houston Chronicle
- The Party of the South and Nowhere Else - Steve Kornacki, NY Observer
- America Throws Long - Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal
- Youthfulness The Idiom Of American Politics - Rich Lowry, New York Post
- For Women, It's Not Gender But Agenda - Ellen Goodman, Boston Globe
- Soundbites the Least of Bush's Mistakes - Marie Cocco, Indianapolis Star
- This Election Has Not 'Realigned' the Country - Jennifer Marsico, WSJ
- Goodbye, Reagan Democrats - Stan Greenberg, New York Times
- Some Positive Election Reactions from the Right - Dennis Prager, Townhall
- Why Obama Looks Like a One Termer - James Pethokoukis, US News & WR
- Pride in our Past, Hope in the Future - Madeleine Albright, Huffington Post
- The Democrats' Secret Health Care Plan - Jonathan Cohn, New Republic
- Conservatives, We Blew It - P.J. O'Rourke, Weekly Standard
- The Law of Unintended Economic Consequences - Wesbury & Stein, Forbes
- The Failure of Big Government Conservatism - Ralph Reiland, American Spectator
- Have We Witnessed a Revolution? - Blake Dvorak, RCP
- Was Last Week's Vote a Realignment? - Jay Cost, RealClearPolitics
- The New Liberalism - George Packer, The New Yorker
- The McCain I Know - Mark Salter, The Daily Beast
- Three Men for Today's Challenges - Richard Cohen, Washington Post
- A Disturbing Trend For the GOP - J.C. Watts, Las Vegas Review-Journal
- How Obama Won - Ryan Lizza, The New Yorker
- Obama Has Much to Prove - David Shribman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- Election '08: Irony Abounds - George Will, Sacramento Bee
- The Week Americans Reclaimed Their Country - Frank Rich, NY Times
- The Unity Fantasy - Andrew Ferguson, Weekly Standard
- The GOP's Deep Hole - Norman Ornstein, Los Angeles Times
- The Right Needs to Get Centered - Rich Lowry, Washington Post
- Triumph of Temperament, Not Policy - Michael Barone, US News & WR
- A Mandate for Progressivism - David Sirota, Salon
- Rahm Emanuel: Expect a Pragmatic White House - Jason Riley, WSJ
- Obama: Radical Moderate - Christopher Caldwell, Financial Times
- America Should Be Proud - Bob Herbert, New York Times
- Now It's Our Turn to Hope - William Kristol, Weekly Standard
- Obama's Risky Emanuel Pick - Steve Kornacki, New York Observer
- What the Recession Means for Foreign Policy - Richard Haass, Wall St. Jrnl
- Gingrich 2012? - Robert Novak, Chicago Sun-Times
- Barack Obama, CEO in Chief - Nina Easton, Fortune
- Obama's Calm Demeanor Will Be Tested - Ann McFeatters, Boston Herald
- How Obama Should Handle the Press - George Packer, New Yorker
- 'Center-Right' America Lurches Further Left - Mark Steyn, OC Register
- Slow Learning Republicans - Jonathan Chait, New Republic
- The Republican Challenge Going Forward - Fred Barnes, Weekly Standard
- Why I'll Miss President Bush - Jim Towey, Wall Street Journal
- Obama Will Never Be a Forgotten President - Robert Dallek, The Telegraph
- A Better Fiscal Stimulus - Chicago Tribune
- A Real Realignment - Harold Meyerson, Washington Post
- Moderates Made Obama President - Doug Schoen, New York Daily News
- Chief Executive or Business-Basher? - John Gapper, Financial Times
- Swing Voters Don't Want Big Government - Pat Toomey, WSJ
- The Meaning of Obama's Win - Nancy Gibbs, Time
- Stepping into the Sunshine - Eugene Robinson, Washington Post
- Closing the Door on Victimhood - Joan Vennochi, Boston Globe
- Make Haste Slowly, President Obama? - Victor Davis Hanson, NRO
- Note to Obama: Now Is the Time to Be Bold - Errol Louis, NY Daily News
- Now We Know: The Left's View of US Is Wrong - Greg Sheridan, Australian
- 'Yes We Can.' But Can He? - Timothy Garton Ash, Globe and Mail
- How the President-Elect Did It - Karl Rove, Wall Street Journal
- Landslide That Doesn't Feel All Liberal - Froma Harrop, Providence Journal
- Unity? No, Thank You - David Harsanyi, Denver Post
- Glow of Obama's Win Good Enough For Now - John Heilemann, NY Mag
- Republicans: 1st Day of the Rest of Your Lives - Stuart Rothenberg, Roll Call
- What Would Goldwater Do? - George Will, Washington Post
- A Masterclass in Democracy - Times of London
- The World Cheers, Russia Challenges - Washington Post
- Meet Obama's Real Opposition - Wall Street Journal
- Goodbye, Bradley Effect - Boston Globe
- GOP Must Choose Between Two Futures - David Frum, The Telegraph
- Dems Add Suburbs to Growing Coalition - MacGillis & Cohen, Wash Post
- Miraculous March to the White House - Steve Forbes, Forbes
- The Audacity of America - Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune
- It Is a New Day in America - Laurence Tribe, Forbes
- Obama Recognized the Desire for Change - Gerard Baker, Times of London
- Obama's Transcendence is Beyond Race - Ron Fournier, Associated Press
- Ten Reasons Why Obama Won - Carl Cannon, Reader's Digest
- America's History Gives Way to Its Future - Kevin Merida, Washington Post
- Tide Turned as Economic Crisis Peaked - Monica Langley, Wall St. Journal
- The Age of Obama: Will He Govern as He Ran? - Jon Meacham, Newsweek
- McCain's Concession - Stephen Hayes, Weekly Standard
- World Welcomes Obama with Open Arms - Christiane Amanpour, CNN
- A Huge Victory for Chicago - Carol Marin, Chicago Sun-Times
- In the Democratic Senate, Could Moderates Rule? - Jay Carney, Time
- In Lincoln's Shadow - Michael Cohen, New York Times