Obama ahead by 5

"Barack Obama holds a 5-point edge over John McCain in CNN's latest poll of polls. The Illinois senator is leading McCain 47 percent to 42 percent in an average of three recent national surveys. The poll of polls includes a Quinnipiac University survey released Tuesday that...

McCain leads in FL, GA, Obama Leads CT, MA Polls

"Two new polls from Strategic Vision show John McCain with eight point leads in Georgia and Florida: Florida McCain 49 Obama 41 Undecided 9 McCain leads by 2.2% in the RCP Average for Florida. Georgia McCain 51 Obama 43 Barr 3 Undecided 3 McCain leads by 6.3% in the RCP...

Pollsters Turn to Introspection in Face of Results that Surprised Them

"American Association for Public Opinion Research, the national professional organization for pollsters, convened a committee to study what went wrong with these pre-election polls and how to bolster future accuracy. The team of industry leaders plans to release its findings...

Kerry Apologizes “if anyone misunderstood”

"I watched a small portion Kerry'€™s TV interview last night. Small portions of any Kerry interview are about all I can stomache. In short, Kerry is ready to forgive us for '€˜misunderstanding'€™ him. Damn large of him, don'€™t you know. And, he'€™s not sure yet if...

In Connecticut, Lieberman Headed Towards Re-Election

"In Connecticut's U.S. Senate race, a new Quinnipiac poll shows Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I) still holds a 50% to 38% likely voter lead over Ned Lamont (D), with 8% for Alan Schlesinger (R). Said pollster Douglas Schwartz: "It appears that Ned Lamont peaked in August and that...