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| Poll | Date | Sample | Obama (D) | McCain (R) | Spread |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RCP Average | 06/20 - 07/20 | -- | 47.3 | 46.3 | Obama +1.0 |
| PPP (D) | 07/17 - 07/20 | 1327 LV | 46 | 44 | Obama +2.0 |
| Rasmussen | 07/16 - 07/16 | 500 LV | 47 | 48 | McCain +1.0 |
| SurveyUSA | 06/20 - 06/22 | 630 LV | 49 | 47 | Obama +2.0 |
- McCain Was Right on Surge, But Story Has Shifted - Tom Friedman, NYT
- Behind Maliki's Games - Max Boot, Washington Post
- Sloppy Attacks Aren't Helping McCain - John Dickerson, Slate
- The Media Gets a Tingling Up Its Leg - John Kass, Chicago Tribune
- Obama: Cocky or Commander in Chiefly? - Maureen Dowd, New York Times
See All Virginia: McCain vs. Obama Commentary & News Stories
| Poll | Date | Sample | Obama (D) | McCain (R) | Spread |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RCP Average | 06/20 - 07/20 | -- | 47.3 | 46.3 | Obama +1.0 |
| PPP (D) | 07/17 - 07/20 | 1327 LV | 46 | 44 | Obama +2.0 |
| Rasmussen | 07/16 - 07/16 | 500 LV | 47 | 48 | McCain +1.0 |
| SurveyUSA | 06/20 - 06/22 | 630 LV | 49 | 47 | Obama +2.0 |
| PPP (D) | 06/14 - 06/16 | 893 LV | 47 | 45 | Obama +2.0 |
| Rasmussen | 06/12 - 06/12 | 500 LV | 45 | 44 | Obama +1.0 |
| SurveyUSA | 05/16 - 05/18 | 600 RV | 49 | 42 | Obama +7.0 |
| VCU | 05/12 - 05/18 | 852 RV | 36 | 44 | McCain +8.0 |
| Rasmussen | 05/08 - 05/08 | 500 LV | 44 | 47 | McCain +3.0 |
| SurveyUSA | 04/11 - 04/13 | 515 RV | 44 | 52 | McCain +8.0 |
| Rasmussen | 03/27 - 03/27 | 500 LV | 41 | 52 | McCain +11.0 |
| SurveyUSA | 02/26 - 02/28 | 629 RV | 47 | 47 | Tie |
| Rasmussen | 02/19 - 02/19 | 500 LV | 44 | 49 | McCain +5.0 |
| SurveyUSA | 02/15 - 02/17 | 554 RV | 51 | 45 | Obama +6.0 |
| SurveyUSA | 12/13 - 12/15 | 546 RV | 44 | 50 | McCain +6.0 |
- McCain Was Right on Surge, But Story Has Shifted - Tom Friedman, NYT
- Behind Maliki's Games - Max Boot, Washington Post
- Sloppy Attacks Aren't Helping McCain - John Dickerson, Slate
- The Media Gets a Tingling Up Its Leg - John Kass, Chicago Tribune
- Obama: Cocky or Commander in Chiefly? - Maureen Dowd, New York Times
- What Obama Could Learn on Vacation - David Harsanyi, Denver Post
- Israel Has No Reason to Fear Obama - Jack Rosen, Jerusalem Post
- Is Jindal the One Republicans Are Waiting For? - Kathleen Parker, RCP
- Romney: A Mistake for McCain - Dick Morris, The Hill
- Mr. Obama in Iraq - Washington Post
- McCain's Iraq Dilemma - Ross Douthat, The Atlantic
- Voters Still Hesitant About Obama - Charlie Cook, National Journal
- Is the 'Toss-Up' Race an Illusion? - Michael Grunwald, Time
- McCain's Mettle - Stuart Koehl, Weekly Standard
- A Conversation with U.S. Senator Jim Webb - Charlie Rose Show
- Obama Shows Hawkish Side On Mideast Trip - Brian Montopoli, CBS News
- Barack and the Dollar - Joshua Zumbrun & Brian Wingfield, Forbes
- McCain's War on Women - Kate Sheppard, In These Times
- Obama's High-Wire Act - RIchard Wolffe, Newsweek
- Obama's Overseas Education - Ralph Peters, New York Post
- Back Obama for Commander-in-Chief - Gideon Rachman, Financial Times
- Obama's Head in the Sand - Pete Hegseth, National Review
- McCain's Courting the Wrong Voters - Pat Buchanan, Pitt Trib-Review
- Afghanistan Doesn't Need a 'Surge' - Ann Marlowe, Wall Street Journal
- Why Jesse Jackson Hates Obama - Shelby Steele, Wall Street Journal
- Obama's Iraq Mission - E. J. Dionne, Washington Post
- Getting Iraq Right - Senator John McCain, New York Post
- Is the Media Trying to Elect Obama? - Dee Dee Myers, Vanity Fair
- Eventually, We'll All Hate Obama Too - David Aaronovitch, London Times
- Meet the High Priest of the McCain Cult - Michael Crowley, New Republic
- Swing State Review: Ohio, Part II - Jay Cost, RealClearPolitics
- The Need for a New Social Compact - Marie Cocco, Indianapolis Star
- Who's Afraid of Jimmy Carter? - Amy Wilentz, New York Magazine
- A Presidential Primer on the Mideast Conflict - Richard Boudreaux, LAT
- Obama Under the Microscope in Israel - Nathan Diament, RealClearPolitics
- Candidates' Positions on Iraq Differ Less Than You'd Think - USA Today
- Maliki's Bet - New York Sun
- McCain's Straight Talk on D.C. Schools - Washington Examiner
- Leaving Iraq: Debate Shifts to When - Michael Scherer, Time
- Maliki Delivers a Body-Blow to McCain - Byron York, National Review
- NYT Rejects McCain Editorial; Should 'Mirror' Obama - Drudge Report
- People See in Obama What They Want to See - Gary Younge, Guardian
- Liberals' Sensitivity No Laughing Matter - Ruth Ann Dailey, Pittsburgh PG
- Netroots Reckon with Life After Revolution - Jason Horowitz, NY Observer
- McCain Flops on Emissions Standards - Daniel Howes, Detroit News
- Obama's Tank Ride? - Robert Stacy McCain, The American Spectator
- Obama in Iraq: The Gift of a Timetable - Patrick Cockburn, The Nation
- How Big Will Dem Gains Be This Fall? - Tom Schaller, Salon
- Abortion Still a Political Litmus Test - Al Hunt, Bloomberg
- The Reagan Realignment's Staying Power - Robert Sullivan, Boston Globe
- Obama's Unprecedented Trip - Dan Balz, Washington Post
- Rockbama Plays Baghdad - Jed Babbin, Human Events
- Obama's Iraq Spotlight - Robert Novak, Chicago Sun-Times
- No Downside to Obama's Trip - Noam Scheiber, The New Republic
- The Democrats' Baghdad Two-Step - Rep. Peter Hoekstra, Washington Post
- Hoping Obama Makes the Case for Victory - Bill Kristol, New York Times
- History Suggests McCain is Toast - Clive Crook, Financial Times
- Obama's Rx Plan Will Cover Illegal Immigrants - Morris & McGann, NYP
- Rising Value of a Vote in a Struggling Economy - John Harwood, NY Times
- For Obama, Beyond Civil Rights - Gregory Rodriguez, Los Angeles Times
- The Great African-American Awakening - Myron Magnet, City Journal
- Democrats, Denver, and the First Amendment - USA Today
- Obama Fears the Blair Effect - Sarah Baxter, Sunday Times
- An Obama Impact on Bush's Positions? - Trudy Rubin, Philadelphia Inquirer
- Obama Proves Only Symbolism and Speeches - Robert Tracinski, TIA Daily
- Looking for McCain's Economic Veep - David Broder, Washington Post
- How Obama Sees the World - Fareed Zakaria, Newsweek
- Overseas Trip Carries Big Risks - Michael Goodwin, New York Daily News
- Obama's Ego Problem - Joan Vennochi, Boston Globe
- Conservatism: Not Too Big To Fail - George Will, Newsweek
- Obama's Steady Centrism - John Avlon, The Politico
- On Vouchers, Obama Offers No Change - Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune
- Obama Brings Needed Values to Europe - Contanze Stelzenmuller, Guardian
- Jesse Jackson's N-Word 'Gotcha' - Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune
- The Candidates and Financial Stability - Washington Post
- Obama Goes Abroad With World Watching - Dan Balz, Washington Post
- Europe's Economics Lesson for Obama - Henry Olson, Wall Street Journal
- Ghosts of 1976 in Today's Campaign - Michael Barone, US News & WR
- Will the New Yorker's Image Stick? - Eleanor Clift, Newsweek
- Conversation with New Yorker Editor David Remnick - Charlie Rose Show
- Obama's CEO Outreach - Robert Novak, Chicago Sun-Times
- A Bundle of Hypocrisy - Washington Post
- The Commander-in-Chief Test - Michael Hirsh, Newsweek
- Obama, the Democrats, and the Surge - Peter Wehner, Weekly Standard
- Obama's Tidal-Wave Potential - Steve Kornacki, New York Observer
- Real Men Vote for McCain - Lou Aguilar, National Review Online
- Wolfson on McCain's Dismal Campaign - John Heilemann, NY Magazine
- GOP Reformers Face a Tough Fight - Kimberley Strassel, Wall St. Journal
- How McCain Should've Handled Obama's Visit - Daniel Finkelstein, Times
- McCain's Against Birth Control - Katha Pollitt, The Nation
- Campaign Promises to Keep - Ashley Johnson, National Journal
- Why Doesn't McCain Freak More Conservatives Out? - Noam Scheiber, TNR
- How to Make Fun of Obama - Joel Stein, Los Angeles Times
- Obama's Summer of Success - Scot Lehigh, Boston Globe
- The Audacity of Vanity - Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post
- What Would Obama Die For? - David Paul Kuhn, Wall Street Journal
- The Coming Activist Age - David Brooks, New York Times
- McCain, Obama Err to Placate Party Bases - Mort Kondracke, Roll Call
- Are the Obamas Untouchable? - Pat Buchanan, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
- 'The Maverick' Gets the Branding Iron - J. Podesta & J. Halpin, The Politico