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General Election: McCain vs. Obama

Polling Data

PollDateSampleObama (D)McCain (R)Spread
RCP Average04/28 - 05/08--46.444.1Obama +2.3
Rasmussen Tracking05/05 - 05/081600 LV4744Obama +3.0
Gallup Tracking05/04 - 05/084348 RV4645Obama +1.0
LA Times/Bloomberg05/01 - 05/08--4640Obama +6.0
Ipsos04/30 - 05/04755 RV4642Obama +4.0
USA Today/Gallup05/01 - 05/03803 LV4748McCain +1.0
CBS News/NY Times05/01 - 05/03601 RV5140Obama +11.0
Hotline/FD04/30 - 05/03803 RV4347McCain +4.0
CNN04/28 - 04/30906 RV4945Obama +4.0
FOX News04/28 - 04/29900 RV4346McCain +3.0

See All General Election: McCain vs. Obama Polling Data

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Recent Commentary & News Stories

- Unity Ticket Brings More Minuses Than Pluses - Michael Tomasky, TNR

- Can Democrats Learn to Talk About Race? - Joan Walsh, Salon

- The Advantages of Sainthood - Victor Davis Hanson, National Review Online

- Is John McCain Trying to Lose Michigan? - Susan Demas, RealClearPolitics

- GOP Still Hasn't Learned Its Lesson - Kimberley Strassel, Wall Street Journal

See All General Election: McCain vs. Obama Commentary & News Stories

Polling Data

PollDateSampleObama (D)McCain (R)Spread
RCP Average04/28 - 05/08--46.444.1Obama +2.3
Rasmussen Tracking05/05 - 05/081600 LV4744Obama +3.0
Gallup Tracking05/04 - 05/084348 RV4645Obama +1.0
LA Times/Bloomberg05/01 - 05/08--4640Obama +6.0
Ipsos04/30 - 05/04755 RV4642Obama +4.0
USA Today/Gallup05/01 - 05/03803 LV4748McCain +1.0
CBS News/NY Times05/01 - 05/03601 RV5140Obama +11.0
Hotline/FD04/30 - 05/03803 RV4347McCain +4.0
CNN04/28 - 04/30906 RV4945Obama +4.0
FOX News04/28 - 04/29900 RV4346McCain +3.0
CBS News/NY Times04/25 - 04/29956 RV4545Tie
NBC/WSJ04/25 - 04/281006 RV4643Obama +3.0
Rasmussen04/24 - 04/271600 LV4646Tie
Pew Research04/23 - 04/271323 RV5044Obama +6.0
AP-Ipsos04/23 - 04/27760 RV4644Obama +2.0
Newsweek04/24 - 04/251203 RV4744Obama +3.0
USA Today/Gallup04/18 - 04/201016 A4744Obama +3.0
Cook/RT Strategies04/17 - 04/20802 RV4544Obama +1.0
Newsweek04/16 - 04/171209 RV4844Obama +4.0
Reuters/Zogby04/10 - 04/131049 LV4545Tie
ABC/Wash Post04/10 - 04/131197 A4944Obama +5.0
Rasmussen04/10 - 04/131600 LV4249McCain +7.0
AP-Ipsos04/07 - 04/09749 RV4545Tie
CBS News/NY Times03/28 - 04/021196 RV4742Obama +5.0
Hotline/FD03/28 - 03/31799 RV4446McCain +2.0
Rasmussen03/27 - 03/301600 LV4247McCain +5.0
NBC/WSJ03/24 - 03/25800 RV4442Obama +2.0
Pew Research03/19 - 03/221,248 RV4943Obama +6.0
FOX News03/18 - 03/19900 RV4344McCain +1.0
CBS News03/15 - 03/18RV 4843Obama +5.0
CNN03/14 - 03/16950 RV4746Obama +1.0
USA Today/Gallup03/14 - 03/15685 LV4947Obama +2.0
Reuters/Zogby03/13 - 03/141004 LV4046McCain +6.0
NBC/WSJ03/07 - 03/101,012 RV4744Obama +3.0
Cook/RT Strategies03/06 - 03/09802 RV4345McCain +2.0
Newsweek03/05 - 03/061,215 RV4645Obama +1.0
ABC/Wash Post02/28 - 03/02LV 5342Obama +11.0
Cook/RT Strategies02/28 - 03/02802 RV4738Obama +9.0
LA Times/Bloomberg02/21 - 02/25RV 4244McCain +2.0
AP-Ipsos02/22 - 02/24755 RV5141Obama +10.0
USA Today/Gallup02/21 - 02/241653 LV4748McCain +1.0
Pew Research02/20 - 02/241240 RV5043Obama +7.0
CBS News/NY Times02/20 - 02/241115 RV5038Obama +12.0
FOX News02/19 - 02/20900 RV4743Obama +4.0
Hotline/FD02/14 - 02/17803 RV4840Obama +8.0
Reuters/Zogby02/13 - 02/16928 LV4740Obama +7.0
USA Today/Gallup02/08 - 02/10706 LV5046Obama +4.0
AP-Ipsos02/07 - 02/101,029 A4842Obama +6.0
Time02/01 - 02/04958 LV4841Obama +7.0
CNN02/01 - 02/03974 RV5244Obama +8.0
Cook/RT Strategies01/31 - 02/02855 RV4543Obama +2.0
ABC/Wash Post01/30 - 02/011249 A4946Obama +3.0
FOX News01/30 - 01/31900 RV4443Obama +1.0
NPR01/29 - 01/311000 LV4748McCain +1.0
Rasmussen01/25 - 01/271200 LV4147McCain +6.0
NBC/WSJ01/20 - 01/221008 A4242Tie
LA Times/Bloomberg01/18 - 01/221312 RV4142McCain +1.0
Rasmussen01/16 - 01/17800 LV4641Obama +5.0
USA Today/Gallup01/10 - 01/131106 LV4550McCain +5.0
Hotline/FD01/10 - 01/12803 RV4139Obama +2.0
CNN01/09 - 01/10840 RV4948Obama +1.0
Rasmussen01/04 - 01/06800 LV4346McCain +3.0
FOX News12/18 - 12/19900 RV4044McCain +4.0
Zogby12/12 - 12/141000 LV4743Obama +4.0
CNN12/06 - 12/09RV 4848Tie
Rasmussen11/26 - 11/27800 LV4444Tie
Rasmussen11/16 - 11/17800 LV4643Obama +3.0
Gallup11/11 - 11/14897 RV4744Obama +3.0
Quinnipiac10/23 - 10/291636 RV4343Tie
LA Times/Bloomberg10/19 - 10/22522 RV4436Obama +8.0
FOX News09/25 - 09/26900 RV4038Obama +2.0
Rasmussen09/19 - 09/20800 LV4641Obama +5.0
Quinnipiac08/07 - 08/131545 LV4339Obama +4.0
Rasmussen08/01 - 08/02800 LV4640Obama +6.0
FOX News07/17 - 07/18900 RV4737Obama +10.0
Rasmussen07/16 - 07/171029 LV4738Obama +9.0
Zogby07/12 - 07/141012 LV4542Obama +3.0
CNN06/22 - 06/24907 RV4844Obama +4.0
Newsweek06/20 - 06/21831 RV5141Obama +10.0
Rasmussen06/13 - 06/14800 LV4638Obama +8.0
USA Today/Gallup06/11 - 06/14927 RV4846Obama +2.0
Quinnipiac06/05 - 06/111,711 RV4341Obama +2.0
LA Times/Bloomberg06/07 - 06/101056 RV4735Obama +12.0
Zogby05/17 - 05/20993 RV4643Obama +3.0
Hotline/FD05/16 - 05/20800 RV4239Obama +3.0
Newsweek05/02 - 05/03831 RV5239Obama +13.0
Marist04/26 - 05/01823 RV3946McCain +7.0
Quinnipiac04/25 - 05/011166 RV4242Tie
Hotline/FD04/26 - 04/30801 RV4837Obama +11.0
NBC/WSJ04/20 - 04/231004 A4539Obama +6.0
Rasmussen04/09 - 04/10800 LV4842Obama +6.0
Time04/05 - 04/091102 RV4742Obama +5.0
LA Times/Bloomberg04/05 - 04/09603 RV4840Obama +8.0
Time03/23 - 03/261102 RV4345McCain +2.0
Rasmussen03/14 - 03/15800 LV4444Tie
Time03/09 - 03/121500 RV4441Obama +3.0
American Res. Group03/02 - 03/052104 LV4246McCain +4.0
Newsweek02/28 - 03/011202 RV4543Obama +2.0
Time02/23 - 02/261144 RV4642Obama +4.0
Zogby02/22 - 02/241078 LV4440Obama +4.0
Quinnipiac02/13 - 02/191536 RV4343Tie
Marist02/12 - 02/15978 RV4144McCain +3.0
USA Today/Gallup02/09 - 02/11936 RV4848Tie
Rasmussen02/07 - 02/08800 LV4444Tie
Newsweek01/24 - 01/25837 RV4842Obama +6.0
Time01/22 - 01/231064 RV4249McCain +7.0
ABC News/Wash Post01/16 - 01/191000 A4745Obama +2.0
Rasmussen01/17 - 01/18800 LV4744Obama +3.0
Newsweek01/17 - 01/181003 A4644Obama +2.0
Hotline/FD01/11 - 01/14800 RV3843McCain +5.0
Battleground01/08 - 01/11500 LV3951McCain +12.0
IBD/TIPP01/02 - 01/04951 A3648McCain +12.0
CNN12/15 - 12/171019 A4347McCain +4.0
Rasmussen12/12 - 12/131000 LV4046McCain +6.0
Newsweek12/06 - 12/071000 A4345McCain +2.0
FOX News12/05 - 12/06900 RV3049McCain +19.0
Rasmussen11/06 - 11/071000 LV3947McCain +8.0

All Commentary & News Stories

- Unity Ticket Brings More Minuses Than Pluses - Michael Tomasky, TNR

- Can Democrats Learn to Talk About Race? - Joan Walsh, Salon

- The Advantages of Sainthood - Victor Davis Hanson, National Review Online

- Is John McCain Trying to Lose Michigan? - Susan Demas, RealClearPolitics

- GOP Still Hasn't Learned Its Lesson - Kimberley Strassel, Wall Street Journal

- Hillary's Still In, but the Media Moves On - Howard Kurtz, Washington Post

- What Does Clinton Want? - Katharine Seelye, New York Times

- Congress Gears Up for a Left Turn in 2009 - Brian Friel, National Journal

- How Hillary Got Down with the Boys - Susan Faludi, New York Times

- Obama Will Get Blue-Collars in November - Robert Robb, AZ Republic

- Painful Period for Clinton Campaign - Tim Russert, MSNBC

- The GOP's '08 Election Anxiety - Terence Samuel, American Prospect

- What Keeps Hillary Going? - Ron Elving, NPR

- Will Obama Squander the Dems' Lead? - Paul Krugman, New York Times

- Desperate Clinton is Danger to Dems - Eugene Robinson, Washington Post

- It's Not Over Quite Yet - Jay Cost, RealClearPolitics

- Ten 'What Ifs' About Clinton's Campaign - John Heilemann, NY Magazine

- A Farewell to Hillary - Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post

- Obama's Toughest Fight is Against McCain - Edward Luce, Financial Times

- Let Them Eat Arugula - Jonathan Chait, The New Republic

- Sticking Points for Obama - Michael Gerson, Washington Post

- Obama Should Pick Jim Webb - Gerald Pomper, UVA Center for Politics

- House GOP Shifts Into Panic Mode - Reid Wilson, RealClearPolitics

- Obama Needs a History Lesson - Jack Kelly, RealClearPolitics

- The Widening 'Generation Gap' - Andrew Kohut, New York Times

- Voters: Racism Is Not the Problem - Stuart Taylor, National Journal

- Clinton Needs to Stop the Negative Campaigning - New York Times

- Dems Finally Divorce the Clintons - Wall Street Journal

- The Democrats: Almost There - The Economist

- How the Inevitable Hillary Clinton Collapsed - Karen Tumulty, Time

- Obama Will Win, Clinton Will Play It Out - Michael Barone, US News & WR

- Dems Need the Obama-Clinton Ticket - Ed Kilgore, The New Republic

- Obama vs. McCain: Let's Get It On - Daniel Henninger, Wall Street Journal

- A Perfect Calm for John McCain - From Harrop, RealClearPolitics

- Clinton Won't Help the Ticket - Matthew Rothschild, The Progressive

- Clinton Vows to Fight, but Allies Waver - Calmes & Davis, Wall St. Journal

- The Demise of the Razorback Yankee - George Will, Washington Post

- How Obama Changed the Game - Joe Klein, Time

- Obama: Flawed or Fantastic? - Robert Novak, Chicago Sun-Times

- The Recurring Case of Clinton Fatigue - Joan Vennochi, Boston Globe

- It's Obama, Warts and All - Karl Rove, Wall Street Journal

- Clinton Might Be Negotiating for VP Spot - George Stephanopoulos, ABC

- Obama Doesn't Need the Fusion Ticket - Steve Kornacki, New York Observer

- Will Wright Be Obama's Gennifer Flowers? - Steven Stark, Boston Phoenix

- Hillary Won't Adopt the Huckabee Option - Dick Morris, The Hill

- The Race and the Iranian Wild Card - David Ignatius, Washington Post

- Our Suffering President - Victor Davis Hanson, RealClearPolitics

- Michelle Obama's Tales of Woe - Byron York, The Hill

- Breaking Barriers at the White House - Ben Macintyre, Times of London

- Clinton's End: Time to Yield and Unify - Seattle Times

- Obama's Opportunity - New York Post

- Clinton Won't Quit; Obama Doesn't Care - Brown & Smith, The Politico

- Choosing Clinton as VP Is a Bad Idea - James Poulos, The Guardian

- McCain Gives the Right Its Judges - Marie Cocco, Indianapolis Star

- Fight or Cave: What Will Clinton Do? - Michael Tomasky, The Guardian

- Obama is About to Make History - Michael Goodwin, New York Daily News

- Hillary Clinton's To-Do List - Jake Tapper, ABC News

- Why Hillary Can't Win - Ross Douthat, The Atlantic

- Media Has Gone Easy on Obama's Background - Don Campbell, USA Today

- Obama-Rendell? That's the Ticket - Fred Barnes, Weekly Standard

- Unions Prepare for Dem Takeover - David Weigel, Reason

- Obama's Plan to End the Race in Oregon - Howard Fineman, Newsweek

- Pundits Declare the Race Over - Jim Rutenberg, New York Times

- Continuing Racial Polarization of the Electorate - Jim Geraghty, NRO

- Clinton Over -- and Out? - John Heilemann, New York Magazine

- Clinton: Damn the Pundits, Full Speed Ahead - David Corn, Mother Jones

- Still a Problem Year for GOP, McCain - Steve Kornacki, NY Observer

- Obama Will Be Formidable in the Fall - John Podhoretz, Contentions

- Is Clinton the Last to Know It's Over? - Thomas Schaller, American Prospect

- Hillary Needs a Reality Check - Tom Hayden, The Nation

- Obama Wins The Draw - James Barnes, National Journal

- An End in Sight, at Last - Gerard Baker, Times of London

- Has Obama Finally Clinched It? - John Dickerson, Slate

- Clinton Hangs On - Barely - Vaughn Ververs, CBS News

- Hillary the Cat Runs Out of Lives - John Kass, Chicago Tribune

- Ugly Truth Why Clinton Won't Quit - Thomas DeFrank, NY Daily News

- How Obama Beat the Line - Jay Cost, RealClearPolitics

- The Nominees Emerge, Hobbled - David Brooks, New York Times

- He Beat Hillary, But Can He Beat McCain? - John Judis, The New Republic

- Non-Democrats Influenced Ind., N.C. Vote - Monika McDermott, CBS News

- A Conservative Crisis of Followership - David Frum, Financial Times

- Obama's Next Big Challenge - Massimo Calabresi, Time

- Obama's Victory and Vulnerabilities - Wall Street Journal

- Obama Almost Certain to Be Nominee - Jennifer Parker, ABC News

- An End, a Beginning, or a Nightmare? - John Nichols, The Nation

- A Muddled Path, Whatever Happens Tonight - Richard Wolffe, Newsweek

- Hillary's Mathematical Dilemma - John Fortier, The American

- Michelle Obama's Gospel of Bitterness - Scott Johnson, Power Line

- Don't Let Prejudice Cast Deciding Vote - Mary Mitchell, Chicago Sun-Times

- Cosby Is the Real Prophet, Not Wright - Froma Harrop, Providence Journal

- A Wake Up Call for Republicans - Newt Gingrich, Human Events

- A Make-Or-Break Day for Clinton? - Dan Balz, Washington Post

- Does McCain's Age Really Matter? - Gary Bauer, The Politico

- Clinton Hones Tough-Gal Persona - Peter Canellos, Boston Globe

- Obama is Wrong on the Gas Tax - George Frost, Salon

- Dems' Hopes Hinge on Indiana, North Carolina - Carla Marinucci, SF Chronicle

- Why Clinton Won't Quit - Peter Brown, Wall Street Journal

- Obama's "Electability" Code for Race? - Massimo Calabresi, Time

- Don't Stop Worrying About the Clintons - Philip Klein, American Spectator

- America's Angriest Would-Be First Lady - Byron York, NRO