Dick Cheney and Barack Obama couldn’t be further apart, and so it’s no surprise that their home states of Wyoming and Hawaii gave the president the lowest and highest approval ratings, respectively, in the first half of 2010 as measured by Gallup.
Obama’s approval rating dropped in both states from this point in 2009 — albeit [...]
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Obama Approval Rating Drops in 49 States
McCain Looking Strong in the Northeast
New polls in New Jersey and Connecticut show John McCain tied with or leading both of his Democratic rivals in those two states. A new Rassmussen Reports survey of Garden State voters released today has McCain edging Barack Obama 43-42% and beating Hillary Clinton 45-42%. A Quinnipiac University poll of Connecticut voters [...]
The Electoral Map Daily Compass: Who Won Texas?
The two major discussions in the electoral-map-osphere over the weekend were the debate over SurveyUSA’s 50 state polls that show both Obama and Clinton building winning geographic coalitions over McCain, and Jonathan Martin’s observation that Hillary is running strong in Scots-Irish Appalachia.
If you’re interested in SurveyUSA’s polls check out my post from Friday, complete with [...]
John McCain Breaks Out the Map
A couple of weeks ago, Rudy Giuliani’s campaign released a series of maps suggesting he has the best shot against Hillary Clinton. The maps indicated that she would start off a base of only 18 electoral votes while Rudy would begin with 210. But, according to these maps, Hillary would start with 190 votes [...]
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