polls

Mason Dixon conducted a poll in Arizona between August 13th and 15th among 400 likely voters. The poll showed a close race in Arizona with John McCain beating Barack Obama 47%-41%, but showed McCain with much higher favorables than Obama.

McCain had a 50% favorable rating with 27% unfavorable and Obama had a 37% favorable rating with 40% having an unfavorable rating.

The economy and jobs was the top issue among Arizona voters at 38% followed by the War in Iraq at 18% and gas prices at 11%.

A new national poll released today shows John McCain leading Barack Obama. The USA Today/Gallup poll contradicts the Gallup tracking poll released this morning showing Obama leading the overnight poll by 6% (among all voters). The USA Today/Gallup poll conduced over the weekend shows ahead 49%-45% among likely voters. Again our disclaimer, we don’t elect Presidents on a national elections, show us the Electoral College numbers.

Gallup has a new poll out today showing John McCain and Barack Obama tied in a national poll.  The LA Times had a poll yesterday that showed Obama beating our senior Senator by 12 points nationally.  The McCain campaign has done little to address the national polls with the media and the public for the most part is convinced Obama is well ahead. 

Obama may be ahead in national poll, he may even be ahead by 12 points, but it doesn’t matter.  Tell us who is leading with the most Electoral Votes based on current polls.  This is not as easy because you would need to do an accurate poll in each state which would be a much larger sample and much more expensive than the current national poll method.  If this was done we may learn that Obama still leads, but at least we would then have something accurate based on the current system we elect presidents.