Poll Update (9/19)

By: TJHalva | Comments [3] | Category: Daily Update | 9/19/2008 5:23:32 PM CT

Obama has to be pleased with today's haul. Marsist College shows Obama with a lead in each of the big three, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Ohio. If you look at these three polls as a continuum and just assume they have a four point bias towards Obama, he still has a lead in Pennsylvania and Michigan. I'm not saying these polls report the defacto state of the race, but they certainly are interesting. There weren't nearly as many polls released today as in the past couple days, but still a decent catch:

Race	Pollster	EndDate	Obama	McCain	Other
Alabama (9)	SurveyUSA	9/17/2008	34	64	2
Alaska (3)	Research 2000, DailyKos (D)	9/17/2008	38	55	7
Indiana (11)	Rasmussen Reports	9/18/2008	47	49	4
Indiana (11)	American Research Group	9/18/2008	44	47	9
Iowa (7)	SurveyUSA	9/18/2008	54	43	3
Kentucky (8)	Research 2000, DailyKos (D)	9/17/2008	37	55	8
Maine (4)	Rasmussen Reports	9/17/2008	50	46	4
Michigan (17)	Marist College	9/15/2008	52	43	5
New Jersey (15)	Strategic Vision (R)	9/16/2008	47	43	10
North Carolina (15)	Elon University	9/16/2008	35	41	24
North Dakota (3)	American Research Group	9/18/2008	43	52	5
Ohio (20)	Marist College	9/15/2008	47	45	8
Oklahoma (7)	American Research Group	9/18/2008	34	61	5
Pennsylvania (21)	Marist College	9/15/2008	49	44	7
Washington (11)	American Research Group	9/18/2008	50	44	6
Washington (11)	Strategic Vision (R)	9/16/2008	47	42	11

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