Kansas: McCain vs. Obama

2008: KS-2 | 2006: Governor

Polling Data

PollDateSampleMoEMcCain (R)Obama (D)Spread
SurveyUSA10/27 - 10/28626 LV3.95837McCain +21
SurveyUSA10/21 - 10/22613 LV4.05341McCain +12
Rasmussen10/13 - 10/13500 LV4.55441McCain +13
SurveyUSA09/21 - 09/22666 LV3.95341McCain +12
Rasmussen09/18 - 09/18500 LV4.55838McCain +20
SurveyUSA08/18 - 08/20641 LV3.95835McCain +23
Rasmussen08/11 - 08/11500 LV4.55541McCain +14
Rasmussen07/14 - 07/14500 LV--5835McCain +23
TargetPoint (R)06/27 - 07/013004 RV--4936McCain +13
Rasmussen06/11 - 06/11500 LV--4737McCain +10
Cooper & Secrest (D)*06/05 - 06/08808 LV--4541McCain +4
Research 200006/02 - 06/04600 LV--5140McCain +11
SurveyUSA05/16 - 05/18600 RV--4939McCain +10
Rasmussen05/13 - 05/13500 LV--5534McCain +21
SurveyUSA04/11 - 04/13516 RV--5437McCain +17
SurveyUSA02/26 - 02/28598 RV--5041McCain +9
SurveyUSA02/15 - 02/17514 RV--5044McCain +6
SurveyUSA12/13 - 12/15529 RV--5636McCain +20

All Commentary & News Stories

- What Obama Means to This Nation - Anna Quindlen, Newsweek

- From King to Obama, the Nation Heals - John Kass, Chicago Tribune

- The Obama Revolution - John Harris and Jim VandeHei, Politico

- Near-Flawless Run - Nagourney, Rutenberg and Zeleny, New York Times

- Obama Won with Clear Message of Change - David Brody, The Brody File

- Decisive Win Gives Dems New Clout - Susan Page, USA Today

- Bipartisanship Could Help Victorious Democrats - Gerald Seib, WSJ

- Conservatism Faces Challenges Ahead - Philip Klein, American Spectator

- America the Liberal - John Judis, The New Republic

- Obama's Post-Racial Promise - Shelby Steele, Los Angeles Times

- Will a Black President Heal the Racial Divide? - T.D. Jakes, Time

- Hail to the Chief - Michael Gerson, Washington Post

- Which Barack Obama Will Govern? - Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times

- Transformational Presidency - Katrina vanden Heuvel, The Nation

- Audacity Wins - Roger Simon, Politico

- Republicans Got the Thumping They Deserve - Rod Dreher, NPR

- Could Anything Have Prevented McCain's Defeat? - Byron York, NRO

- Forging a Conservative Agenda - Tony Blankley, Washington Times

- The Resurrection of the American Dream - Gabor Steingart, Der Spiegel

- How Obama Bent the Arc of History - John Dickerson, Slate

- A Vital Win for Democracy - Trudy Rubin, Philadelphia Inquirer

- President Barack Obama - Washington Post

- America Turns the Page - Boston Globe

- Voters Rebuke Republicans for Economic Failure - Wall Street Journal

- From Slavery to Obama - Chicago Sun-Times

- Obama's Victory is a Mandate for Change - Los Angeles Times

- Ten Questions For Election Day - Vaughn Ververs, CBS News

- Curtain Finally Falls on the Race - Ben Smith & Jonathan Martin, Politico

- Polls Show Obama With Clear Advantage - Dan Balz, Washington Post

- Four Election Day Scenarios - Carl Cannon, Reader's Digest

- Obama Campaign Instills New Pride - Eugene Robinson, Detroit News

- McCain the Choice for Freedom, Prosperity - Deroy Murdock, Union Leader

- Four Reasons to Vote for Obama - James Fallows, The Atlantic

- We Could Be In for a Lurch to the Left - Fred Barnes, Wall Street Journal

- Obama's Challenge is to Convince the Country - Kevin Drum, Mother Jones

- The Ghosts in Grant Park - Daniel Flynn, City Journal

- Why American Youth Will Vote - Courtney Martin, The American Prospect

- Economy Looms Over Victor - Davis, Weisman & Aeppel, Wall St. Journal

- Is Obama Swiping the Tax-Cut Issue? - Larry Kudlow, NRO

- Today's Certain Loser: President Bush - Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune

- A Dark Secret: I Still Like President Bush - Andrew Breitbart, Wash Times

- Obama Looks to Rewrite Electoral Map - Zachary Coile, SF Chronicle

- For Obama, Bigger is Much, Much Better - David Gergen, CNN

- Down to the Stretch, Uncertainty Remains - Rich Galen, Mullings

- Obama, Dems Headed for Big Win - This Week Roundtable, ABC News

- It'll Be Closer Than They Think - Jonathan Morris, FOX News

- Swift-Boating of Obama Isn't Working - Michael Tomasky, Guardian

- Voting GOP for the First Time - Vin Suprynowicz, Las Vegas Review-Journal

- Win or Lose, How Will We Cope? - Poussaint & Alexander, The Root

- A Race Like No Other - James Rainey, Los Angeles Times

- The Best Race Ever? Not By a Long Shot - Fred Barnes, Weekly Standard

- Math Not Adding Up For McCain - Mark Halperin, Time

- Fickle Voters Fill Pollsters With Dread - Daniel Finkelstein, Times of London

- The Opening Obama Saw - E.J. Dionne, Washington Post

- Blacks' Dreams Will Come True. Then What? - Laura Washington, CST

- A Conservative Reckoning - Jonathan Gurwitz, San Antonio Express-News

- How Smart is the American Voter? - Larry Bartels, Los Angeles Times

- Obama, McCain Spar in Final Weekend - Chozick & Meckler, WSJ

- Campaigns Hit States Their Parties Lost in '04 - Sharon Otterman, NYT

- The Biggest Loser: Conventional Wisdom - Debra Saunders, SF Chronicle

- How Obama Mixed Substance with Style - Jay Newton-Small, Time

- McCain, Obama and the 'Change We Need' - Ross Mackenzie, Richmond TD

- The Youth Vote Could Change History - Anna Quindlen, Newsweek

- In the Tank for Obama - Jack Kelly, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

- Unity, Hope Must Conquer Division, Hate - Leonard Pitts, Miami Herald

- A Democratic Era Coming? - Dick Polman, Philadelphia Inquirer

- Despite Effort, Obama Fails with Churchgoers - David Paul Kuhn, Politico

- A Brighter Future with McCain-Palin - Newt Gingrich, New York Post

- A Seismic Election Day - George Will, Washington Post

- The Case for Obama - Senator Hillary Clinton, New York Daily News

- Palin Gives McCain a Shot in Middle America - Byron York, Nat'l Review

- World's Problems Await the Next President - William Hague, Telegraph

- Election 2008 Will Have a Lasting Impact - Frank Bruni, New York Times

- History in the Making - Thomas DeFrank, New York Daily News

- Fate Rests on Who Will Turnout to Vote - Jim Tankersley, Chicago Tribune

- Our Polls Are on the Mark. I Think. - Jon Cohen, Washington Post

- Closing the Deal in Pennsylvania - Salena Zito, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

- Obama's Long, Impressive Campaign - Andrew Rawnsley, The Observer

- All the Ingredients for a Historic Meltdown - Thomas Sowell, Townhall

- Spread It Around - Jacob Weisberg, Slate

- Equal Outcome vs. Equal Opportunity - Ruben Navarrette, San Diego UT

- Divided Government's Good for America - Michael Goodwin, NY Daily News

- Obama's Winning Argument - Joe Conason, Salon

- A Soldier Makes a Case for McCain - Kevin Ferris, Philadelphia Inquirer

- A Full Plate in January - David Ignatius, Washington Post

- Obama Presidency Could Reshape Courts - Fred Barbash, Politico

- What This Election Will Say About America - Peter Canellos, Boston Globe

- The Attack on American Affluence - Robert Samuelson, Newsweek

- Obama Has the Vision and Judgment to Lead - Newsday

- McCain is the Clear Choice for America - New Hampshire Union Leader

- Barack Obama is a President for Modern Times - The Observer

- More Radical Than the Warren Court? - Washington Times

- Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? - Frank Rich, New York Times

- Obama's Clinton vs. Bush Argument - John Berlau, National Review

- An Unexpected Campaign Season - Debra Saunders, SF Chronicle

- Obama May Lead Democrat Landslide - David Yepsen, Des Moines Register

- McCain Missed Obama's Ethanol Pander - Dave Juday, Weekly Standard

- McCain Became a Question Mark - Maureen Dowd, New York Times

- The Weekend Interview: Sarah Palin - Kimberley Strassel, Wall St. Journal

- Barack Obama is America's Future - Times of London