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North Carolina: McCain vs. Obama
Polling Data
| Poll | Date | Sample | MoE | McCain (R) | Obama (D) | Spread |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Final Results | -- | -- | -- | 49.5 | 49.9 | Obama +0.4 |
| RCP Average | 10/28 - 11/03 | -- | -- | 48.4 | 48.0 | McCain +0.4 |
| FOX News/Rasmussen | 11/02 - 11/02 | 1000 LV | 3.0 | 50 | 49 | McCain +1 |
| Reuters/Zogby | 10/31 - 11/03 | 585 LV | 4.1 | 50 | 49 | McCain +1 |
| ARG | 10/31 - 11/03 | 600 LV | 4.0 | 48 | 49 | Obama +1 |
| SurveyUSA | 10/30 - 11/02 | 682 LV | 3.8 | 49 | 48 | McCain +1 |
| Mason-Dixon | 10/29 - 10/30 | 625 LV | 4.0 | 49 | 46 | McCain +3 |
| Research 2000 | 10/28 - 10/30 | 600 LV | 4.0 | 45 | 47 | Obama +2 |
| Politico/InAdv | 10/29 - 10/29 | 641 LV | 3.7 | 48 | 48 | Tie |
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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
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Polling Data
| Poll | Date | Sample | MoE | McCain (R) | Obama (D) | Spread |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Final Results | -- | -- | -- | 49.5 | 49.9 | Obama +0.4 |
| RCP Average | 10/28 - 11/03 | -- | -- | 48.4 | 48.0 | McCain +0.4 |
| FOX News/Rasmussen | 11/02 - 11/02 | 1000 LV | 3.0 | 50 | 49 | McCain +1 |
| Reuters/Zogby | 10/31 - 11/03 | 585 LV | 4.1 | 50 | 49 | McCain +1 |
| ARG | 10/31 - 11/03 | 600 LV | 4.0 | 48 | 49 | Obama +1 |
| SurveyUSA | 10/30 - 11/02 | 682 LV | 3.8 | 49 | 48 | McCain +1 |
| PPP (D) | 10/31 - 11/02 | 2100 LV | 2.1 | 49 | 50 | Obama +1 |
| Mason-Dixon | 10/29 - 10/30 | 625 LV | 4.0 | 49 | 46 | McCain +3 |
| Research 2000 | 10/28 - 10/30 | 600 LV | 4.0 | 45 | 47 | Obama +2 |
| Politico/InAdv | 10/29 - 10/29 | 641 LV | 3.7 | 48 | 48 | Tie |
| Rasmussen | 10/29 - 10/29 | 1000 LV | 3.0 | 48 | 50 | Obama +2 |
| Civitas/TelOpinion (R) | 10/27 - 10/29 | 600 LV | 4.2 | 46 | 47 | Obama +1 |
| CNN/Time | 10/23 - 10/28 | 667 LV | 4.0 | 46 | 52 | Obama +6 |
| National Journal/FD | 10/23 - 10/27 | 402 RV | 4.9 | 43 | 47 | Obama +4 |
| FOX News/Rasmussen | 10/26 - 10/26 | 1000 LV | 3.0 | 49 | 48 | McCain +1 |
| PPP (D) | 10/25 - 10/26 | 1038 LV | 2.8 | 48 | 49 | Obama +1 |
| Reuters/Zogby | 10/23 - 10/26 | 601 LV | 4.1 | 46 | 50 | Obama +4 |
| Associated Press/GfK | 10/22 - 10/26 | 601 LV | 4.0 | 46 | 48 | Obama +2 |
| NBC/Mason-Dixon | 10/22 - 10/24 | 800 LV | 3.0 | 47 | 47 | Tie |
| Rasmussen | 10/23 - 10/23 | 700 LV | 4.0 | 50 | 48 | McCain +2 |
| WSOC-TV | 10/20 - 10/21 | 500 LV | 4.4 | 46 | 48 | Obama +2 |
| CNN/Time | 10/19 - 10/21 | 644 LV | 4.0 | 47 | 51 | Obama +4 |
| SurveyUSA | 10/18 - 10/20 | 627 LV | 4.0 | 47 | 47 | Tie |
| Politico/InAdv | 10/19 - 10/19 | 698 LV | 3.6 | 48 | 49 | Obama +1 |
| FOX News/Rasmussen | 10/19 - 10/19 | 1000 LV | 3.0 | 48 | 51 | Obama +3 |
| Winthrop/ETV | 09/28 - 10/19 | 744 LV | 3.6 | 44 | 45 | Obama +1 |
| Civitas/TelOpinion (R) | 10/18 - 10/20 | 600 RV | 4.2 | 45 | 48 | Obama +3 |
| PPP (D) | 10/18 - 10/19 | 1200 LV | 2.8 | 44 | 51 | Obama +7 |
| Research 2000 | 10/14 - 10/15 | 600 LV | 4.0 | 44 | 46 | Obama +2 |
| InAdv/PollPosition | 10/13 - 10/13 | 474 LV | 5.0 | 46 | 48 | Obama +2 |
| FOX News/Rasmussen | 10/12 - 10/12 | 1000 LV | 3.0 | 48 | 48 | Tie |
| PPP (D) | 10/11 - 10/12 | 1196 LV | 2.8 | 46 | 49 | Obama +3 |
| Rasmussen | 10/08 - 10/08 | 700 LV | 3.0 | 48 | 49 | Obama +1 |
| Civitas/TelOpinion (R) | 10/06 - 10/08 | 600 LV | -- | 43 | 48 | Obama +5 |
| WSOC-TV | 10/06 - 10/07 | 500 LV | 4.5 | 48 | 46 | McCain +2 |
| SurveyUSA | 10/05 - 10/06 | 617 LV | 4.0 | 49 | 46 | McCain +3 |
| CNN/Time | 10/03 - 10/06 | 666 LV | 4.0 | 49 | 49 | Tie |
| PPP (D) | 10/04 - 10/05 | 1202 LV | 2.8 | 44 | 50 | Obama +6 |
| Rasmussen | 09/30 - 09/30 | 700 LV | 4.0 | 47 | 50 | Obama +3 |
| ARG | 09/27 - 09/29 | 600 LV | 4.0 | 49 | 46 | McCain +3 |
| PPP (D) | 09/27 - 09/28 | 1041 LV | 3.0 | 45 | 47 | Obama +2 |
| Rasmussen | 09/23 - 09/23 | 500 LV | 4.5 | 47 | 49 | Obama +2 |
| Civitas/TelOpinion (R) | 09/17 - 09/20 | 600 LV | -- | 45 | 45 | Tie |
| Rasmussen | 09/18 - 09/18 | 500 LV | 4.5 | 50 | 47 | McCain +3 |
| PPP (D) | 09/17 - 09/19 | 1060 LV | 3.0 | 46 | 46 | Tie |
| CNN/Time | 09/13 - 09/14 | 910 RV | 3.5 | 48 | 47 | McCain +1 |
| Research 2000 | 09/08 - 09/10 | 600 LV | 4.0 | 55 | 38 | McCain +17 |
| PPP (D) | 09/09 - 09/09 | 626 LV | 3.9 | 48 | 44 | McCain +4 |
| Civitas/TelOpinion (R) | 09/06 - 09/10 | 600 LV | -- | 47 | 44 | McCain +3 |
| SurveyUSA | 09/06 - 09/08 | 671 LV | -- | 58 | 38 | McCain +20 |
| PPP (D) | 08/20 - 08/23 | 904 LV | -- | 45 | 42 | McCain +3 |
| InsiderAdvantage | 08/19 - 08/19 | 614 LV | -- | 45 | 43 | McCain +2 |
| Civitas/TelOpinion (R)* | 08/14 - 08/17 | 600 RV | 4.2 | 46 | 40 | McCain +6 |
| Rasmussen | 08/13 - 08/13 | 700 LV | 4.0 | 50 | 44 | McCain +6 |
| SurveyUSA | 08/09 - 08/11 | 655 LV | 3.9 | 49 | 45 | McCain +4 |
| Research 2000 | 07/28 - 07/30 | 600 LV | 4.0 | 47 | 43 | McCain +4 |
| Civitas/TelOpinion (R) | 07/14 - 07/16 | 800 RV | -- | 43 | 40 | McCain +3 |
| Rasmussen | 07/15 - 07/15 | 500 LV | -- | 48 | 45 | McCain +3 |
| SurveyUSA | 07/12 - 07/14 | 676 LV | -- | 50 | 45 | McCain +5 |
| PPP (D)* | 06/26 - 06/29 | 1048 LV | -- | 45 | 41 | McCain +4 |
| Civitas/TelOpinion (R) | 06/11 - 06/13 | 600 RV | -- | 45 | 41 | McCain +4 |
| Rasmussen | 06/10 - 06/10 | 500 LV | 4.0 | 45 | 43 | McCain +2 |
| PPP (D)* | 05/28 - 05/29 | 543 LV | -- | 43 | 40 | McCain +3 |
| SurveyUSA | 05/17 - 05/19 | 713 LV | -- | 51 | 43 | McCain +8 |
| Civitas/TelOpinion (R) | 05/14 - 05/17 | 700 V | -- | 44 | 39 | McCain +5 |
| Rasmussen | 05/08 - 05/08 | 500 LV | -- | 48 | 45 | McCain +3 |
| PPP (D) | 05/08 - 05/09 | 616 LV | -- | 49 | 42 | McCain +7 |
| Research 2000 | 04/28 - 04/30 | 600 LV | -- | 50 | 41 | McCain +9 |
| Rasmussen | 04/10 - 04/10 | 500 LV | -- | 47 | 47 | Tie |
| Civitas/TelOpn (R)* | 04/09 - 04/10 | 800 LV | -- | 48 | 39 | McCain +9 |
| Rasmussen | 03/20 - 03/20 | 500 LV | -- | 51 | 42 | McCain +9 |
| SurveyUSA | 02/26 - 02/28 | 630 RV | -- | 47 | 45 | McCain +2 |
| Public Policy Polling (D) | 06/19 - 06/19 | 545 LV | -- | 45 | 44 | McCain +1 |
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