Michael Barone

National Polls Favor Obama, State Polls Trend Toward McCain

November 4, 2008 RSS Feed Print

Looking at the latest polls on the morning of Election Day, I see two contrary trends. On the one hand, the national polls seem to be trending toward Barack Obama. On the other, polls in seven battleground states with 114 electoral votes—Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Montana, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania—seem to be trending over the last several days toward John McCain. Possible explanation: In the past week, there has been something closer to parity between the campaigns in ad saturation compared with earlier weeks, when the Obama campaign was far outspending the McCain campaign.

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harmonhath of FL 12:27PM July 05, 2009

I have no use for the person. McCain fought for our country, what has obama done for this country. He doesn't like our flag, he doesn't like our military or should I say shows respect for either one. Until I see an authorized copy of his birth certificate I don't recognize him as our President. The democrats are turning this country into a socialist country. Time will tell if I'm wrong. Even some of our news reporters see it coming. My whole family has fought to keep this country free and slowly our rights are being changed for other nationalities that want to live her, but not according to our laws.

d of FL 10:11PM November 10, 2008

Wrong once again - when is USNWR going to finally can this guy?

Michael of MD 3:12PM November 10, 2008

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Michael Barone is a senior writer for U.S.News & World Report and principal coauthor of The Almanac of American Politics. He has written for many publications—including the Economist and the New York Times.

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