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(parentheses from yesterday's results) Pennsylvania (22) Nov. 3: Obama 51.2% (53.7%) / McCain 41.4% (40.0%) - McCain gains 3.9% Ohio (20) Nov. 3: Obama 49.4% (50.2%) / McCain 47.4% (43.9%) - McCain gains 4.3% Virginia (13) Nov. 3: Obama 51.7% (50.7%) / McCain: 45.3% (44.6%) - McCain loses 0.3% Nevada (5) Nov. 3: Obama 53.2% (50.7%) / McCain 42.4% (42.9%) - McCain loses 3.0% Florida (27) Nov. 3: Obama 49.2% (47.5%) / McCain 48.0% (46.2%) - McCain gains 0.1% Missouri (11) Nov. 3: Obama 48.8% (47.4%) / McCain 48.8% (45.7%) - McCain gains 1.7% (McCain still leads in North Carolina...

Below are the poll results are based on telephone interviews with 1200 likely voters in Florida, aged 18+, and conducted October 31-November 2, 2008. The margin of sampling error is ±3 percentage points. 1. If the election for President were held today would you support the Democratic ticket of Barack Obama and Joseph Biden or the Republican ticket of John McCain and Sarah Palin? Obama/Biden 49% McCain/Palin 47% Other 1% Undecided 3% -- Below are the results of a three-day poll of likely voters in the state of Ohio. Results are based on telephone interviews with 1200 likely voters in...

The poll tracker shows that Obama's 5% lead of 50%-45% is unchanged from yesterday. But that's better than the leads that have been shown in some polls . . .

A poll that the University of Texas will release tomorrow shows that 23 percent of Texans think Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama is a Muslim. Less than half of respondents — 45 percent — correctly identified him as a Protestant. The poll, conducted by UT’s Texas Politics Project and Department of Government, also shows Republican John McCain leading Obama in the state 51 percent to 40 percent, and shows Republican U.S. Sen. John Cornyn ahead of Democratic challenger Rick Noriega 45 percent to 36 percent, with 14 percent undecided in that race. “Republican candidates continue to hold an advantage in...

Mason-Dixon Polling & Research / NBC News 10/22-23/08; Likely voters, MoE +/- 4% Mode: Live Telephone Interviews (As broadcast on Meet the Press) Iowa Obama 51, McCain 40 Georgia McCain 49, Obama 43 Missouri McCain 46, Obama 45

-- SNIP Among the 800 likely Missouri voters polled last week, 48 percent backed Obama, while 47 percent favored McCain. Three percent preferred one of three third-party candidates, and two percent were undecided. Although statistically insignificant, Obama's lead is his first in Missouri against McCain in any Research 2000 polls this year. The previous poll, in late September, showed McCain with a one-point edge. -- SNIP Ali says Obama's strength with voters on economic issues is undoubtedly helping his cause. More than half of those polled in Missouri (52 percent) said they trusted his judgment more on the economy, compared...

September 30, 2008 Presidential Ballots State McCain Obama Other Undecided Nevada: McCain leads 49%-47% North Carolina: McCain leads: 49%-46% Virginia: McCain leads (49%-46%)

In Ohio, Slight Movement to Obama, But Fight for 20 Electoral Votes Still Even: In an election for President of the United States held in Ohio today, 09/30/08, Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama finish within one point of each other, according to this latest, WHIO-TV/SurveyUSA. Today, it's McCain 49%, Obama 48 -- McCain's nominal 1-point lead within the survey's 3.8 percentage point margin of sampling error. Compared to an identical SurveyUSA poll released 15 days ago, Obama is up 3 points; McCain is flat. McCain leads by 17 points among those who earn more than $50,000 a year....

The West Virginia Wesleyan College Poll for The State Journal shows Republican John McCain with a double-digit lead in West Virginia in the presidential campaign. Story by Ann Ali Email | Bio | Other Stories by Ann Ali While polls pop up with numbers attempting to predict a presidential winner, the West Virginia Wesleyan College poll for The State Journal tracks the profiles behind the numbers. The poll, conducted this week by Orion Strategies, questioned 600 "likely voters," with emphasis placed on duplicating the West Virginia electorate as closely as possible in regard to party affiliation, age, gender and district...

WASHINGTON, May 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement in reaction to the California Supreme Court's decision today to strike the state ban on gay marriage: "I welcome the California Supreme Court's historic decision. I have long fought against discrimination and believe that the State Constitution provides for equal treatment for all of California's citizens and families, which today's decision recognizes. "I commend the plaintiffs from San Francisco for their courage and commitment. I encourage California citizens to respect the Court's decision, and I continue to strongly oppose any ballot measure that would write discrimination into the...

An exquisitely sleazy scandal in the Ohio Attorney General's office could ripple through the November election with potentially disastrous consequences for the Democrats' national ticket. The tawdry unfolding story involves Democratic Attorney General Marc Dann and a pair of close associates who share an apartment in Columbus. The three men all are married and also have residences in Youngstown, which is three-plus hours from Columbus. There are several tentacles to the saga, but the core of it involves alleged sexual misbehavior on the part of Dann's chief of administrative services, Anthony Gutierrez. At least two female employees in the AG's...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) - A poll shows Republican presidential hopeful John McCain is holding a sizable lead in Arizona in matchups against either of his two Democratic rivals. The statewide poll by the Social Research Laboratory at Northern Arizona University found that 55% of likely voters supported McCain in a race against Barrack Obama, who was favored by 33%. Twelve percent of voters were undecided. A matchup between McCain and Hillary Clinton shows the Arizona senator has a similar lead, with backing of 56% of voters to Clinton's 34%. Ten percent were undecided. The poll of 369 likely voters was...

Hillary Clinton kept her hopes for winning the Democratic Presidential nomination alive with a big win in the Ohio Primary just over a week ago. But, the first general election poll conducted since that Primary shows John McCain has gained ground in the Buckeye State. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in Ohio shows John McCain leading both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama by identical 46% to 40% margins. In the last poll conducted before the hard fought Democratic Primary, McCain had a statistically insignificant one-point lead over Obama and a three-point edge over Clinton. McCain leads Clinton by twenty-one...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — As a Christian, Elaine Huguenin is against efforts to legitimize same-sex “marriage.” So, when the Albuquerque photographer was asked via e-mail in September 2006 to photograph a “commitment ceremony” for two women, Huguenin declined. That was the end of the matter, she thought. But Huguenin didn’t take into account New Mexico’s anti-discrimination laws. Instead of hiring another photographer, one of the lesbians, Vanessa Willock, filed a civil complaint against Huguenin’s company, Elane Photography. Now, in one of the first cases of its kind in the state, a three-member tribunal of New Mexico’s Human Rights Commission is considering...

NELSONVILLE, Ohio (BP)--Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama defended his belief in same-sex civil unions March 2 by referencing Jesus' Sermon on the Mount and then implicitly criticizing those who view Romans as a binding teaching on homosexuality. Obama made the comments during a question-and-answer session with voters in Nelsonville, Ohio. A local pastor asked Obama how he plans to win the votes of evangelical voters when they disagree with him on moral issues. "I believe in civil unions that allow a same-sex couple to visit each other in a hospital or transfer property to each other," he said, referring to...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama sought the support of voters in the homosexual community Feb. 28, telling them in a letter that if elected president he would work to pass laws important to that constituency and would use the "bully pulpit" to urge states to grant same-sex couples the legal benefits of marriage. The 770-word letter was posted on a section of Obama's campaign website devoted to homosexual issues. He and Hillary Clinton have worked for months to get the votes of the homosexual community, even appearing in August at a historic Democratic presidential forum devoted solely to...

McCain leads both Obama and Clinton in potential general-election match ups with either candidate in the all-important swing state of Florida, according to a Mason-Dixon poll out today. McCain leads Obama 47%-37% and Clinton 49%-40%. The Arizona senator leads the Democrats across the board. About 80% of Republicans are behind McCain. Only 66% of Democrats are behind Obama and 72% are backing Clinton in one-one-one match-ups with McCain. Currently, 17% of Democrats indicate that in a match up with Obama, they'd support McCain; 16% say so in a match up with Clinton. Seventeen percent of Dems also say they are...

Republican primary frontrunner Sen. John McCain leads his Democratic counterpart, Sen. Barak Obama, by double digits in a hypothetical match-up asking which of the two candidates Tennesseans would like to see occupy the Oval Office next year. Half (50%) of Tennessee adults say they would vote for McCain over Obama in a presidential contest between the two. Just over a third (36%) would choose Obama over McCain, 9% would vote for neither, and the rest aren't sure. McCain's lead persists among "likely voters," defined as Tennesseans who claim to be registered to vote, say they voted in Tennessee's fall 2006...

Sen. Thad Cochran has shifted his support to Sen. John McCain for president. Cochran made the announcement in a statement Thursday after his first choice, former Massachusetts governor, Mitt Romney, dropped out of the Republican race. Mississippi's other senator, Roger Wicker, a Republican, had endorsed former Tennessee senator, Fred Thompson, who has also withdrawn from the race. Wicker has not announced his support for another candidate. GOP Cong. Chip Pickering endorsed McCain last year. Cong. Bennie Thompson, a Democrat, has endorsed fellow Democrat, Barack Obama for president.

June 16, 2005--On the day following Virginia's Primary Elections, Republican Jerry Kilgore leads Democrat Tim Kaine by six percentage points in the race to become Virginia's next Governor. Kilgore earns 46% of the vote, Kaine attracts 40%, and 2% say they will vote for some other candidate. Two months ago, Kilgore had an eight point lead and 5% supported a third party option. In the nation's only other race for Governor in 2005, Democrat Jon Corzine has a 7-point lead in New Jersey. Forty-seven percent (47%) of Virginia voters have a favorable opinion of Kilgore. That's down slightly from 49%...