Like Goldwater, Like McCain

I have been saying this for weeks. (I rest my case!!!)

(SOURCE: http://www.electoral-vote.com/)

Today's Polls

Polling is starting to get very intensive as we move down the homestretch. The University of Wisconsin released a batch of polls in eight key Midwestern states yesterday. Barack Obama is leading in all of them by 10 points or more. His worst state is Indiana, where he is leading 51% to 41%. If Obama can win red states like Indiana by 10 points, this is going to be the biggest Democratic landslide since Johnson crushed Goldwater in 1964. Virtually none of today's polls have good news for John McCain. He is behind in all the states Kerry won plus Florida, Indiana, and Ohio, the latter by 12 points in one poll and 14 in another. There is every indication that the economy is taking McCain down.

State	Obama	McCain	Start	End	Pollster
Arkansas	36%	51%	Oct 01	Oct 21	U. of Arkansas
California	56%	33%	Oct 12	Oct 19	Public Policy Inst. of Calif.
Florida	49%	42%	Oct 20	Oct 22	Polling Company
Florida	49%	44%	Oct 16	Oct 21	Quinnipiac U.
Georgia	46%	51%	Oct 22	Oct 22	Rasmussen
Iowa	52%	39%	Oct 19	Oct 22	U. of Wisconsin
Illinois	61%	32%	Oct 19	Oct 22	U. of Wisconsin
Indiana	49%	45%	Oct 21	Oct 22	SurveyUSA
Indiana	51%	41%	Oct 19	Oct 22	U. of Wisconsin
Kansas	41%	53%	Oct 21	Oct 22	SurveyUSA
Kentucky	39%	55%	Oct 19	Oct 21	Research 2000
Louisiana	41%	57%	Oct 21	Oct 21	Rasmussen
Maine	56%	35%	Oct 16	Oct 19	Critical Insights
Michigan	51%	37%	Oct 19	Oct 22	EPIC-MRA
Michigan	58%	36%	Oct 19	Oct 22	U. of Wisconsin
Minnesota	50%	40%	Oct 16	Oct 20	Financial Dynamics
Minnesota	56%	41%	Oct 22	Oct 22	Rasmussen
Minnesota	57%	38%	Oct 19	Oct 22	U. of Wisconsin
Montana	44%	40%	Oct 16	Oct 20	Montana State U.
Ohio	52%	38%	Oct 16	Oct 21	Quinnipiac U.
Ohio	53%	41%	Oct 19	Oct 22	U. of Wisconsin
Oregon	48%	34%	Oct 10	Oct 20	Riley Research
Pennsylvania	51%	41%	Oct 16	Oct 20	Financial Dynamics
Pennsylvania	52%	41%	Oct 19	Oct 22	U. of Wisconsin
Pennsylvania	52%	42%	Oct 18	Oct 22	Muhlenberg Coll.
Pennsylvania	53%	40%	Oct 16	Oct 21	Quinnipiac U.
Pennsylvania	53%	41%	Oct 21	Oct 22	SurveyUSA
Texas	44%	54%	Oct 21	Oct 21	Rasmussen
Washington	54%	43%	Oct 22	Oct 22	Rasmussen
Wisconsin	53%	40%	Oct 16	Oct 20	Financial Dynamics
Wisconsin	53%	40%	Oct 19	Oct 22	U. of Wisconsin
West Virginia	44%	49%	Oct 20	Oct 21	West Virginia Wesleyan U.