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| Poll | Date | Sample | McCain (R) | Obama (D) | Spread |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Final Results | -- | -- | 53.8 | 44.9 | McCain +8.9 |
| RCP Average | 10/20 - 10/29 | -- | 53.0 | 43.0 | McCain +10.0 |
| SurveyUSA | 10/28 - 10/29 | 654 LV | 52 | 44 | McCain +8 |
| NBC/PSRA | 10/25 - 10/28 | 400 LV | 53 | 42 | McCain +11 |
| Rasmussen | 10/20 - 10/20 | 500 LV | 54 | 43 | McCain +11 |
- Moderates Made Obama President - Doug Schoen, New York Daily News
- 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
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| Poll | Date | Sample | McCain (R) | Obama (D) | Spread |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Final Results | -- | -- | 53.8 | 44.9 | McCain +8.9 |
| RCP Average | 10/20 - 10/29 | -- | 53.0 | 43.0 | McCain +10.0 |
| SurveyUSA | 10/28 - 10/29 | 654 LV | 52 | 44 | McCain +8 |
| NBC/PSRA | 10/25 - 10/28 | 400 LV | 53 | 42 | McCain +11 |
| Rasmussen | 10/20 - 10/20 | 500 LV | 54 | 43 | McCain +11 |
| Winthrop/ETV | 09/28 - 10/19 | 617 LV | 55 | 35 | McCain +20 |
| SurveyUSA | 10/12 - 10/13 | 561 LV | 55 | 41 | McCain +14 |
| SurveyUSA | 09/21 - 09/22 | 690 LV | 58 | 39 | McCain +19 |
| Rasmussen | 09/18 - 09/18 | 500 LV | 51 | 45 | McCain +6 |
| Research 2000 | 07/22 - 07/23 | 500 LV | 53 | 40 | McCain +13 |
| PPP (D)* | 07/09 - 07/11 | 542 LV | 45 | 39 | McCain +6 |
| Rasmussen | 06/05 - 06/05 | 500 LV | 48 | 39 | McCain +9 |
| SurveyUSA | 02/26 - 02/28 | 595 RV | 48 | 45 | McCain +3 |
- Moderates Made Obama President - Doug Schoen, New York Daily News
- 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
- Chief Executive or Business-Basher? - John Gapper, Financial Times
- 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
- No Mandate for Obama, No Lopsided Congress - Robert Novak, Chicago ST
- Obama Awakens a New America - Marc Pitzke, Der Spiegel
- The First Night in the Age of Obama - George Packer, The New Yorker
- A Foreign-Policy Repair Manual - Fred Kaplan, Slate
- The End Of Racism? - John McWhorter, Forbes
- The Ultimate Color Line - Henry Louis Gates, The Root
- Is It Transformational? - Gary Langer, ABC News
- Democratic Party Revitalized - Dick Polman, Philadelphia Inquirer
- Yes, It Is Time to Hope Again - E.J. Dionne, Washington Post
- A Moment in Time - Howard Kurtz, Washington Post
- Obama Win Preserves the Supreme Court - Glenn Greenwald, Salon
- Ten Theses on President-Elect Obama - Scott Johnson, Power Line
- A Vital Win for Democracy - Trudy Rubin, Philadelphia Inquirer
- Steady as He Goes - Michael Tomasky, The Guardian
- Forging a Conservative Agenda - Tony Blankley, Washington Times
- A Transformation on Race - Michael Moynihan, Reason
- First Item of Business - Mark McKinnon, The Daily Beast
- 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
- 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
- In With the New - Debra Saunders, San Francisco Chronicle
- 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