Published 9/22/2008
by Domenico Montanaro
at First Read
From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, Domenico Montanaro, and Carrie Dann*** No change to the map: Although we saw the needle move in Obama’s direction after last week’s events -- including McCain's own stumbles -- the newest NBC electoral map this week is essentially unchanged. Obama holds a slight 233-227 lead over McCain. Our only change was moving New Jersey from Likely Obama to Lean Obama after various polls showed him with a single-digit lead there.
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