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| Poll | Date | Sample | Obama (D) | McCain (R) | Spread |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RCP Average | 09/15 - 09/30 | -- | 56.7 | 38.7 | Obama +18.0 |
| Siena | 09/28 - 09/30 | 631 RV | 58 | 36 | Obama +22 |
| SurveyUSA | 09/23 - 09/24 | 668 LV | 57 | 38 | Obama +19 |
| Rasmussen | 09/15 - 09/15 | 500 LV | 55 | 42 | Obama +13 |
- Town-Hall Debates Can Go Very Wrong - John Dickerson, Slate
- Can John McCain Pull This One Off? - Roger Simon, The Politico
- McCain Campaign and the Financial Crisis - Jay Cost, RealClearPolitics
- Low Road to the White House - Walter Shapiro, Salon
- The Bomber as School Reformer - Sol Stern, City Journal
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| Poll | Date | Sample | Obama (D) | McCain (R) | Spread |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RCP Average | 09/15 - 09/30 | -- | 56.7 | 38.7 | Obama +18.0 |
| Siena | 09/28 - 09/30 | 631 RV | 58 | 36 | Obama +22 |
| SurveyUSA | 09/23 - 09/24 | 668 LV | 57 | 38 | Obama +19 |
| Rasmussen | 09/15 - 09/15 | 500 LV | 55 | 42 | Obama +13 |
| Siena | 09/08 - 09/10 | 626 LV | 46 | 41 | Obama +5 |
| Siena | 08/11 - 08/14 | 627 RV | 47 | 39 | Obama +8 |
| Rasmussen | 08/04 - 08/04 | 500 LV | 55 | 36 | Obama +19 |
| Quinnipiac | 07/31 - 08/04 | 1353 LV | 57 | 36 | Obama +21 |
| Siena | 07/17 - 07/29 | 671 RV | 44 | 26 | Obama +18 |
| Siena | 07/07 - 07/10 | 626 RV | 50 | 37 | Obama +13 |
| Rasmussen | 06/30 - 06/30 | 500 LV | 60 | 29 | Obama +31 |
| SurveyUSA | 06/25 - 06/27 | 531 LV | 57 | 37 | Obama +20 |
| New York Times | 06/06 - 06/11 | 931 RV | 51 | 32 | Obama +19 |
| Quinnipiac | 06/03 - 06/08 | 1388 RV | 50 | 36 | Obama +14 |
| Rasmussen | 05/28 - 05/28 | 500 LV | 52 | 33 | Obama +19 |
| SurveyUSA | 05/16 - 05/18 | 600 RV | 48 | 38 | Obama +10 |
| Siena | 05/12 - 05/15 | 622 RV | 49 | 38 | Obama +11 |
| Rasmussen | 04/29 - 04/29 | 500 LV | 52 | 35 | Obama +17 |
| Siena | 04/13 - 04/16 | 624 RV | 45 | 40 | Obama +5 |
| Quinnipiac | 04/14 - 04/15 | 1257 LV | 47 | 39 | Obama +8 |
| SurveyUSA | 04/11 - 04/13 | 499 RV | 52 | 43 | Obama +9 |
| WNBC/Marist | 04/03 - 04/04 | 576 RV | 46 | 48 | McCain +2 |
| Quinnipiac | 03/16 - 03/18 | 1528 RV | 49 | 38 | Obama +11 |
| Rasmussen | 03/11 - 03/11 | 500 LV | 51 | 38 | Obama +13 |
| SurveyUSA | 02/26 - 02/28 | 592 RV | 52 | 38 | Obama +14 |
| SurveyUSA | 02/15 - 02/17 | 519 RV | 57 | 36 | Obama +21 |
| Siena | 02/11 - 02/14 | 633 RV | 47 | 40 | Obama +7 |
| SurveyUSA | 01/20 - 01/21 | 516 RV | 49 | 43 | Obama +6 |
| SurveyUSA | 12/13 - 12/15 | 503 RV | 47 | 43 | Obama +4 |
| SurveyUSA | 11/09 - 11/11 | 516 RV | 49 | 43 | Obama +6 |
| Quinnipiac | 09/24 - 09/30 | 1504 RV | 47 | 39 | Obama +8 |
| Siena | 06/18 - 06/21 | 800 RV | 49 | 35 | Obama +14 |
- Town-Hall Debates Can Go Very Wrong - John Dickerson, Slate
- Can John McCain Pull This One Off? - Roger Simon, The Politico
- McCain Campaign and the Financial Crisis - Jay Cost, RealClearPolitics
- Low Road to the White House - Walter Shapiro, Salon
- The Bomber as School Reformer - Sol Stern, City Journal
- The Real Obama - Thomas Sowell, RealClearPolitics
- Media Gives Palin a Pass - Richard Cohen, Washington Post
- Biden's No Expert - He Just Plays One on TV - Jonah Goldberg, LA Times
- Bailout Vote is Proof: The Center Holds - Mark Penn, The Politico
- McCain Must Talk Growth and Recovery - Larry Kudlow, RealClearMarkets
- The Twilight of Conservative Rule - Jonathan Chait, The New Republic
- Catholics & Abortion (Again) - Cal Thomas, Sacramento Bee
- In Wisconsin, a Tilt toward Obama - Derrick Jackson, Boston Globe
- Expect the Race to Tighten - Dick Morris & Eileen McGann, New York Post
- The Candidates and the Supreme Court - Erwin Chemerinsky, LA Times
- Obama, McCain Must Have the Guts to Tell Truth - Dallas Morning News
- Europe: The New Wall Street? - Colin Barr, Fortune
- The Many Lives of Arianna Huffington - Lauren Collins, New Yorker
- John McCain's Act III - Peter Wehner, Commentary
- The Race is Over - Howard Wolfson, The New Republic
- The Ayers Question - Yuval Levin, National Review
- Does Race Really Matter? - Michael Cohen, New York Times
- A Reporter Accuses Palin of Racism - James Taranto, Wall Street Journal
- 5 Questions About the New Electorate - Tom Schaller, American Prospect
- McCain and the Fact-Checking Fallacy - Byron York, National Review
- McCain, Obama Go for Jugular - Allen & VandeHei, The Politico
- The William Ayers He Knows - Ross Douthat, The Atlantic
- Time for McCain to Turn Up the Heat - Ed Rollins, CNN
- McCain to Take the Low Road - Matthew Rothschild, Progressive
- What About McCain's Pal Phil Gramm? - Harold Meyerson, Washington Post
- McCain Desperately Needs the Subject to Change - Al Hunt, Bloomberg
- Guilt-by-Association Response - Patrick Healy, New York Times
- Young Voters Hint at Electorate Shift - Susan Page, USA Today
- The McCain Campaign's Embarrassing Ugliness - Joe Klein, Time
- McCain Needs to Fix the Message - Mike Murphy, Time
- Judge Obama by the Company He Keeps - Cal Thomas, Fox News
- Is Era of Dominance Over for Conservatives? - John Harwood, NY Times
- Palin, McCain and the Weeks Ahead - Karl Rove, Newsweek
- The Choice: Barack Obama for President - The New Yorker
- Obama's Words Contradict Deeds - Ralph Reiland, Pittsburgh Trib-Review
- Supreme Court Fate Hinges on '08 Race - Robert Barnes, Washington Post
- McCain's Health Care Destruction - Paul Krugman, New York Times
- Obama's Payoff to Unions - Mark Skousen, Human Events
- Economic Woes Dim GOP Chances - Reid Wilson, Politics Nation
- The Wright Stuff - William Kristol, New York Times
- This Election Will Be Decided on the Issues - Michael Tomasky, Guardian
- Honor versus Unity - Laurence Cooper, Commentary
- Nation Can't Afford Candidates' Big Plans - Chicago Sun-Times
- Joe Biden's Fantasy World - Wall Street Journal
- Wall Street Ends McCain's Lucky Streak - Peter Brown, Wall Street Journal
- FDR's Lessons for Obama - David Ignatius, Washington Post
- The Speech John McCain Should Give - Rod Dreher, Dallas Morning News
- Obama and the Chicago Way - John Kass, Chicago Tribune
- Pitbull Palin Mauls McCain - Frank Rich, New York Times
- A Citizen-Politician Runs for Veep - Mark Steyn, National Review
- McCain-Obama Splits Moderates, Middle Class - John Avlon, Politico
- Voter Fraud Expected to Be Rampant - John Fund, New York Post
- Voter ID Laws a GOP Tactic of Cynicism - Cynthia Tucker, Atlanta JC
- Why It is All Uphill for McCain - Clive Crook, Financial Times
- Palin's Words Carry Racial Tinge - Douglass Daniel, Associated Press
- AP: It's Racist to Criticize Obama - Patrick Frey, Patterico's Pontifications
- Can Obama Turn Colorado Blue? - Amy Sullivan, Time
- How Mac Can Close the Gap, Ford Style - Stephen Hayes, Weekly Standard
- GOP Dread: Dems Could Hit 60 Senate Seats - Vandehei & Allen, Politico
- Instead of Hype, How About Honesty? - Joan Vennochi, Boston Globe
- The Year of Campaign Chaos - Michael Barone, US News & World Report
- Palin Reignites The Culture War - Eleanor Clift, Newsweek
- Can McCain-Palin Catch Up? Of Course - William Kristol, Weekly Standard
- Rethinking Campaign Assumptions - Ambinder & Green, The Atlantic
- Palin and the Dumbing Down of the GOP - Joe Conason, Salon
- Palin's Attraction is Authenticity - Janice Turner, Times of London
- Do Facts Matter This Election? - Thomas Sowell, RealClearPolitics
- McCain's Kremlin Ties - Mark Ames & Ari Berman, The Nation
- Crossed Paths: Obama & Ayers - Scott Shane, New York Times
- Liberals Rethink Free Speech - Rich Lowry, New York Post
- Joe Sixpack's Hangover Headache - Matthew Dallek, New York Daily News
- The Lies Biden Told - New York Post
- Palin and Cheney - New York Times
- The Trouble With Harry Reid - Wall Street Journal
- The Veep Debate: Palin Is Back - Rich Lowry, New York Post
- McCain-Palin's Road To Nowhere - Michael Crowley, The New Republic
- What the Bailout Bill Crisis Has Wrought - Jay Newton-Small, Time
- Attention Shifts Back to McCain - Dan Balz, Washington Post
- Factors that Could Lead to Obama's Downfall - Lorie Byrd, Townhall
- Sarah Palin: A Bridge Too Far - Bob Beckel, FOX News
- Joe Biden's Alternate Universe - Michael Totten, Commentary
- The New York Times & John McCain - Russ Smith, Splice Today
- Don't Underestimate Palin - Mike Gallagher, Townhall
- You Get What You Pay For - John Podhoretz, Commentary
- Biden Wins Debate Hands Down - Matthew Rothschild, The Progressive
- Sarah Palin, the Winner by a Wink - Byron York, National Review
- Joe Biden and the Truth - Jack Kelly, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- Joe Biden's His Own Worst Enemy - Howie Carr, Boston Herald
- Palin Was Fine, But The Debate Was No Contest - Joe Klein, Time
- The Amateur and the Professional - Michael Cohen, New York Times
- The Math Without Michigan - Andrew Romano, Newsweek
- Biden, Palin Bring A-Game - George Stephanopoulos, ABC News
- Joe Biden Was No Match for 'Joe Six-Pack' - Peggy Noonan, Wall St. Journal
- Palin Scored Points But Didn't Win - Howard Fineman, Newsweek
- Sarah Palin Changed Her Image Overnight - Fred Barnes, Weekly Standard