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| Poll | Date | Sample | Clinton (D) | McCain (R) | Spread |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reuters/Zogby | 04/10 - 04/13 | 1049 LV | 41 | 46 | McCain +5.0 |
| ABC/Wash Post | 04/10 - 04/13 | 1197 A | 45 | 48 | McCain +3.0 |
| Rasmussen | 04/10 - 04/13 | 1600 LV | 43 | 47 | McCain +4.0 |
| AP-Ipsos | 04/07 - 04/09 | 1000 A | 48 | 45 | Clinton +3.0 |
| CBS News/NY Times | 03/28 - 04/02 | 1196 RV | 48 | 43 | Clinton +5.0 |
| Hotline/FD | 03/28 - 03/31 | 799 RV | 41 | 50 | McCain +9.0 |
| Rasmussen | 03/27 - 03/30 | 1600 LV | 40 | 49 | McCain +9.0 |
| NBC/WSJ | 03/24 - 03/25 | 800 RV | 44 | 46 | McCain +2.0 |
| Pew Research | 03/19 - 03/22 | 1,248 RV | 49 | 44 | Clinton +5.0 |
| FOX News | 03/18 - 03/19 | 900 RV | 46 | 43 | Clinton +3.0 |
| CBS News | 03/15 - 03/18 | RV | 46 | 44 | Clinton +2.0 |
| CNN | 03/14 - 03/16 | 950 RV | 49 | 47 | Clinton +2.0 |
| USA Today/Gallup | 03/14 - 03/15 | 685 LV | 51 | 46 | Clinton +5.0 |
| Reuters/Zogby | 03/13 - 03/14 | 1004 LV | 40 | 48 | McCain +8.0 |
| NBC/WSJ | 03/07 - 03/10 | 1,012 RV | 47 | 45 | Clinton +2.0 |
| Cook/RT Strategies | 03/06 - 03/09 | 802 RV | 45 | 47 | McCain +2.0 |
| Newsweek | 03/05 - 03/06 | 1,215 RV | 48 | 46 | Clinton +2.0 |
| ABC/Wash Post | 02/28 - 03/02 | LV | 50 | 47 | Clinton +3.0 |
| LA Times/Bloomberg | 02/21 - 02/25 | RV | 40 | 46 | McCain +6.0 |
| AP-Ipsos | 02/22 - 02/24 | 1000 A | 48 | 43 | Clinton +5.0 |
| USA Today/Gallup | 02/21 - 02/24 | 1653 LV | 46 | 50 | McCain +4.0 |
| Pew Research | 02/20 - 02/24 | 1240 RV | 50 | 45 | Clinton +5.0 |
| CBS News/NY Times | 02/20 - 02/24 | 1115 RV | 46 | 46 | Tie |
| FOX News | 02/19 - 02/20 | 900 RV | 44 | 47 | McCain +3.0 |
| Hotline/FD | 02/14 - 02/17 | 803 RV | 40 | 48 | McCain +8.0 |
| Reuters/Zogby | 02/13 - 02/16 | 928 LV | 38 | 50 | McCain +12.0 |
| USA Today/Gallup | 02/08 - 02/10 | 706 LV | 48 | 49 | McCain +1.0 |
| AP-Ipsos | 02/07 - 02/10 | 1,029 A | 46 | 45 | Clinton +1.0 |
| Time | 02/01 - 02/04 | 958 LV | 46 | 46 | Tie |
| CNN | 02/01 - 02/03 | 974 RV | 50 | 47 | Clinton +3.0 |
| Cook/RT Strategies | 01/31 - 02/02 | 855 RV | 41 | 45 | McCain +4.0 |
| ABC/Wash Post | 01/30 - 02/01 | 1249 A | 46 | 49 | McCain +3.0 |
| FOX News | 01/30 - 01/31 | 900 RV | 44 | 45 | McCain +1.0 |
| NPR | 01/29 - 01/31 | 1000 LV | 45 | 48 | McCain +3.0 |
| Rasmussen | 01/25 - 01/27 | 1200 LV | 40 | 48 | McCain +8.0 |
| NBC/WSJ | 01/20 - 01/22 | 1008 A | 44 | 46 | McCain +2.0 |
| LA Times/Bloomberg | 01/18 - 01/22 | 1312 RV | 46 | 42 | Clinton +4.0 |
| Rasmussen | 01/16 - 01/17 | 800 LV | 47 | 45 | Clinton +2.0 |
| USA Today/Gallup | 01/10 - 01/13 | 1106 LV | 47 | 50 | McCain +3.0 |
| Hotline/FD | 01/10 - 01/12 | 803 RV | 43 | 47 | McCain +4.0 |
| Rasmussen | 01/09 - 01/10 | 800 LV | 38 | 49 | McCain +11.0 |
| CNN | 01/09 - 01/10 | 840 RV | 50 | 48 | Clinton +2.0 |
| Rasmussen | 12/19 - 12/20 | 800 LV | 43 | 49 | McCain +6.0 |
| FOX News | 12/18 - 12/19 | 900 RV | 42 | 47 | McCain +5.0 |
| Zogby | 12/12 - 12/14 | 1000 LV | 42 | 49 | McCain +7.0 |
| CNN | 12/06 - 12/09 | RV | 48 | 50 | McCain +2.0 |
| FOX News | 11/13 - 11/14 | 900 RV | 46 | 45 | Clinton +1.0 |
| Gallup | 11/11 - 11/14 | 897 RV | 50 | 44 | Clinton +6.0 |
| Rasmussen | 11/07 - 11/08 | 800 LV | 45 | 47 | McCain +2.0 |
| ABC/Wash Post | 10/29 - 11/01 | 1131 A | 52 | 43 | Clinton +9.0 |
| Quinnipiac | 10/23 - 10/29 | 1636 RV | 44 | 44 | Tie |
| LA Times/Bloomberg | 10/19 - 10/22 | 512 RV | 48 | 38 | Clinton +10.0 |
| Rasmussen | 10/10 - 10/11 | 800 LV | 44 | 43 | Clinton +1.0 |
| FOX News | 10/09 - 10/10 | 900 RV | 47 | 44 | Clinton +3.0 |
| FOX News | 09/25 - 09/26 | 900 RV | 46 | 39 | Clinton +7.0 |
| Rasmussen | 09/12 - 09/13 | 800 LV | 46 | 45 | Clinton +1.0 |
| Rasmussen | 08/15 - 08/16 | 800 LV | 46 | 44 | Clinton +2.0 |
| Quinnipiac | 08/07 - 08/13 | 1545 LV | 47 | 41 | Clinton +6.0 |
| Rasmussen | 08/01 - 08/02 | 800 LV | 45 | 43 | Clinton +2.0 |
| FOX News | 07/17 - 07/18 | 900 RV | 45 | 42 | Clinton +3.0 |
| Zogby | 07/12 - 07/14 | 1012 LV | 45 | 43 | Clinton +2.0 |
| Rasmussen | 07/09 - 07/10 | 800 LV | 47 | 38 | Clinton +9.0 |
| CNN | 06/22 - 06/24 | 907 RV | 49 | 47 | Clinton +2.0 |
| Rasmussen | 06/20 - 06/21 | 792 LV | 46 | 42 | Clinton +4.0 |
| Newsweek | 06/20 - 06/21 | 831 RV | 50 | 45 | Clinton +5.0 |
| USA Today/Gallup | 06/11 - 06/14 | 927 RV | 49 | 46 | Clinton +3.0 |
| Quinnipiac | 06/05 - 06/11 | 1,711 RV | 44 | 42 | Clinton +2.0 |
| LA Times/Bloomberg | 06/07 - 06/10 | 1056 RV | 41 | 45 | McCain +4.0 |
| FOX News | 06/05 - 06/06 | 900 RV | 43 | 43 | Tie |
| Zogby | 05/17 - 05/20 | 993 RV | 43 | 47 | McCain +4.0 |
| Hotline/FD | 05/16 - 05/20 | 800 RV | 45 | 43 | Clinton +2.0 |
| Newsweek | 05/02 - 05/03 | 831 RV | 50 | 44 | Clinton +6.0 |
| Rasmussen | 04/30 - 05/01 | 800 LV | 48 | 44 | Clinton +4.0 |
| Marist | 04/26 - 05/01 | 823 RV | 47 | 42 | Clinton +5.0 |
| Quinnipiac | 04/25 - 05/01 | 1166 RV | 41 | 46 | McCain +5.0 |
| Hotline/FD | 04/26 - 04/30 | 801 RV | 45 | 45 | Tie |
| Cook/RT Strategies | 04/20 - 04/22 | 855 RV | 42 | 43 | McCain +1.0 |
| Time | 04/05 - 04/09 | 1102 RV | 44 | 46 | McCain +2.0 |
| LA Times/Bloomberg | 04/05 - 04/09 | 603 RV | 45 | 42 | Clinton +3.0 |
| Rasmussen | 04/02 - 04/03 | 800 LV | 47 | 46 | Clinton +1.0 |
| FOX News | 03/27 - 03/28 | 900 RV | 43 | 47 | McCain +4.0 |
| Time | 03/23 - 03/26 | 1102 RV | 42 | 48 | McCain +6.0 |
| Time | 03/09 - 03/12 | 1500 RV | 44 | 43 | Clinton +1.0 |
| American Res. Group | 03/02 - 03/05 | 2104 LV | 42 | 45 | McCain +3.0 |
| Newsweek | 02/28 - 03/01 | 1202 RV | 47 | 46 | Clinton +1.0 |
| Time | 02/23 - 02/26 | 1144 RV | 46 | 45 | Clinton +1.0 |
| Zogby | 02/22 - 02/24 | 1078 LV | 39 | 47 | McCain +8.0 |
| Quinnipiac | 02/13 - 02/19 | 1536 RV | 44 | 46 | McCain +2.0 |
| Marist | 02/12 - 02/15 | 978 RV | 46 | 46 | Tie |
| USA Today/Gallup | 02/09 - 02/11 | 936 RV | 50 | 47 | Clinton +3.0 |
| Siena | 02/06 - 02/09 | 1120 RV | 45 | 44 | Clinton +1.0 |
| Rasmussen | 01/24 - 01/25 | 800 LV | 44 | 45 | McCain +1.0 |
| Newsweek | 01/24 - 01/25 | 837 RV | 50 | 44 | Clinton +6.0 |
| Time | 01/22 - 01/23 | 1064 RV | 47 | 47 | Tie |
| Cook/RT Strategies | 01/18 - 01/21 | 872 RV | 42 | 48 | McCain +6.0 |
| ABC News/Wash Post | 01/16 - 01/19 | 1000 A | 50 | 45 | Clinton +5.0 |
| Newsweek | 01/17 - 01/18 | 1003 A | 48 | 47 | Clinton +1.0 |
| Hotline/FD | 01/11 - 01/14 | 800 RV | 39 | 48 | McCain +9.0 |
| Battleground | 01/08 - 01/11 | 500 LV | 43 | 53 | McCain +10.0 |
| IBD/TIPP | 01/02 - 01/04 | 951 A | 41 | 48 | McCain +7.0 |
| CNN | 12/15 - 12/17 | 1019 A | 47 | 47 | Tie |
| Rasmussen | 12/14 - 12/15 | 1000 LV | 45 | 49 | McCain +4.0 |
| LA Times/Bloomberg | 12/08 - 12/11 | 1342 RV | 36 | 50 | McCain +14.0 |
| Newsweek | 12/06 - 12/07 | RV | 50 | 43 | Clinton +7.0 |
| FOX News | 12/05 - 12/06 | 900 RV | 40 | 48 | McCain +8.0 |
| Marist | 11/27 - 12/03 | 967 RV | 43 | 49 | McCain +6.0 |
| Rasmussen | 11/26 - 11/27 | 1000 LV | 44 | 48 | McCain +4.0 |
| Rasmussen | 11/04 - 11/05 | 1000 LV | 43 | 48 | McCain +5.0 |
| CNN | 11/03 - 11/05 | 1019 A | 47 | 48 | McCain +1.0 |
- Partisan Gulf Is Back, Broad & Looming Large - John Harwood, NY Times
- Don't Expect a New Electoral Map in '08 - Stuart Rothenberg, Roll Call
- A Frame of Reference for the General Election - Jay Cost, RealClearPolitics
- The Bluster of Obama's Words - George Will, Newsweek
- GOP Insiders Worry About McCain's Chances - Tom Edsall, Huffington Post
- McCain Still Has a Chance to Win - Janet Daley, Daily Telegraph
- Time for Obama to Be More Ordinary - Clive Crook, Financial Times
- McCain's Evangelical Problem - Robert Novak, Chicago Sun-Times
- Hillary's Final Curtain - Rebecca Traister, Salon
- Clinton's Loss Driven by Strategy, Not Sexism - Al Hunt, Bloomberg
- Dream On: Against an Obama-Clinton Ticket - The New Republic
- Obama's VP Hand - Washington Times
- A Campaign We Can Believe In? - William Kristol, New York Times
- Mr. Obama's Neighborhood - Andrew Ferguson, Weekly Standard
- Adhering to Principles that Keep America Free - Fred Thompson, Townhall
- Can '68 Can Teach Us About '08? - David Shribman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- What's Up Hillary's Sleeve? - Dick Morris & Eileen McGann, FOX News
- How Obama, McCain Should Choose VP - Michael Barone, US News & WR
- Let's Give Hillary a Hand - Katha Pollitt, The Nation
- Voting For Commander in Chief - Frederick Kagan, Weekly Standard
- What Obama Needs To Do - Dick Polman, Philadelphia Inquirer
- Obama, McCain Seek to Redraw Electoral Map - Dan Balz, Washington Post
- For Clintons, an Old Dream Finally Fades - John Harris, The Politico
- McCain on How to Beat a Rock Star - Bailey and Meacham, Newsweek
- McCain Could Still Win - John O'Sullivan, Sunday Telegraph
- Let the Debates Begin - David Broder, Washington Post
- Obama and McCain, the Same? - Los Angeles Times
- We Must Work Together to Elect Barack Obama - Senator Hillary Clinton
- Emotional End to Historic Bid - Kate Snow & Eloise Harper, ABC News
- Ending Bid, Clinton Backs Obama - Nagourney, Zeleny & Rutenberg, NYT
- General Election's New Playing Field - Michael Barone, US News & World Rpt
- Obituary of the Hotly Anticipated Candidacy - Chuck Todd, NBC News
- The Clinton Obituary May Be Premature - Edward Luce, Financial Times
- McCain's Speech Problem - Robert Novak, Chicago Sun-Times
- McCain Campaign Bets on Lean Mode - Mike Allen, The Politico
- Timing + Charisma + Internet = Obama Nomination - Blake Dvorak, RCP
- Savor Obama's Nomination - Bob Herbert, New York Times
- Principle Beats Pork in California - John Fund, Wall Street Journal
- Mr. Obama's Neighborhood - Andrew Ferguson, Weekly Standard
- Mr. Obama's Middle East - Washington Post
- Lobbyists and Washington Politicians - Washington Times
- The Democrats Rebuff Mrs. Clinton - Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal
- Overwrought Reactions to Her Speech - Hendrik Hertzberg, New Yorker
- The Meaning Of An African-American Milestone - Ellis Cose, Newsweek
- Obama's Art of Ostracism - Victor Davis Hanson, National Review
- McCain, Master Economic Flip-Flopper - Gene Sperling, Bloomberg
- Obama "Pretends" on Iraq - Peter Wehner, Contentions
- Why Didn't More Women Vote for Hillary? - Amy Sullivan, Time
- The Democratic Gamble - Ronald Brownstein, National Journal
- Obama's Bridge Between MLK and RFK - John Avlon, RealClearPolitics
- It's Time for Another Obama Race Speech - Juan Williams, WSJ
- Adding Clinton Would Diminish the Ticket - George Will, Washington Post
- Post-Mortem: The Fall of the House of Clinton - The Economist
- Smiling at Obama is a Reflex - Kathleen Parker, Chicago Tribune
- I'm Not Totally Sure We Can - Kurt Andersen, New York Magazine
- McCain Bumbles the Delivery - Jonathan Martin, The Politico
- Obama Kicks Off General In Virginia - Wilson & Trygstad, RealClearPolitics
- Astrophysicists and the Electoral College - Neil Tyson, New York Times
- Don Young Embodies What's Wrong With the GOP - Pat Toomey, WSJ
- Look What Happened to Jimmy Carter - Con Coughlin, Daily Telegraph
- Obama-Hillary Ticket? Ain't Gonna Happen - Toby Harnden, RCP
- Will Obama Run to the Center? - Las Vegas Review-Journal
- Historic Odds Favoring Obama in '08 - Mort Kondracke, Roll Call
- What John McCain Underestimates - Mark Halperin, Time
- Democrats Fell Hard for a Fresh Face - Rich Lowry, New York Post
- Seeing Bobby Kennedy in Barack Obama - James Ridgeway, Mother Jones
- Health Care: Dems' Lost Opportunity - Froma Harrop, Providence Journal
- Political Hardball, Clinton-Style - Joan Vennochi, Boston Globe
- A Series of Crucial Errors for Hillary - Richard Adams, The Guardian
- How Obama Could Win in a Landslide - Dick Morris, Times of London
- The Unretirement of Reverend Wright - Steven Gray, Time
- Let the Second-Guessing Begin! - Jonathan Alter, Newsweek
- Obama's Flip-Flopping Problem - Philip Klein, American Spectator
- Bill Clinton's Party of One - Ezra Klein, The American Prospect
- Obama Works A Tough Room at AIPAC - Robert Dreyfuss, The Nation
- How Obama Did It - Karen Tumulty, Time
- Lincoln's Rule: Organization Matters - Karl Rove, Wall Street Journal
- Clinton Talked Herself Right Out of the Job - E.J. Dionne, Washington Post
- Hillary's VP Provocation - Robert Novak, Chicago Sun-Times
- Obama Still Trying to Dismiss Clinton Supporters - Marie Cocco, RCP
- Rejoice: It's the End of the Clintons - Raymond De Souza, National Post
- Obama: A Victor on His Heels - David Broder, Washington Post
- Racism in Retreat - John McWhorter, New York Sun
- A World of Problems Awaits Winner - Anatole Kaletsky, Times of London
- The Running-Mate Dilemma - Joe Conason, New York Observer
- Europe Wants Obama, But May Get McSame - Tim Garton Ash, Guardian
- Obama's Approach is Naive and Dangerous - John Bolton, Los Angeles Times
- Supers Didn't Hold For Clinton - Katharine Seelye, New York Times
- Obama, McCain and Iran - Thomas Sowell, RealClearPolitics
- Unshakeable Commitment to Israel's Security - Sen. Barack Obama, AIPAC
- It's Over. Now It Begins - New York Times
- Obama Can't Get Bullied By Clinton - Wall Street Journal
- Rezko's Guilty. Who's Next? - Chicago Tribune
- McCain's Big Challenge - Ruth Conniff, The Progressive
- Clinton to End Bid, Endorse Obama - Nagourney & Zeleny, New York Times
- In a Close Race, Obama Won on Points - Jay Cost, RealClearPolitics
- Sizing Up A McCain-Obama Battle - Brian Montopoli, CBS News
- Obama's Ease on TV is Edge Over McCain - David Yepsen, DM Register
- McCain, Obama Must Shake Off the '60s - Daniel Finkelstein, London Times
- Obama's Evolving Position on Talking to Iran - Jonathan Karl, ABC News