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Today's Polls, 8/3
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right — There's just one state poll out today. In Oklahoma, the latest Sooner Poll from the Tulsa World and KOTV has John McCain leading Barack Obama by 32 points, 56-24. This poll had last been in the field in late January, then showing McCain with a 28-point lead. There's not much that can be gathered from an Oklahoma poll, although it might auger poorly for any chance Obama might have to close the gap in states like Kansas, Arkansas, and Texas. ...

Useless Poll of the Day
JammieWearingFool — ... have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus four percentage points. A poll of randomly selected workers conducted a month ago does not reflect current trends. And it only stands to reason that since most of them are minorities, they'll go overwhelmingly for Obama. Nor should it come as any shock that low-income workers tend to vote Democrat. After all, which party promises all sorts of freebies while promising to tax the rich? It's as if this poll released yesterday where McCain leads Obama 56-24% accurately reflect the entire nation. Naturally, with this attempt at ...

Obama and McCain Polls: Dead Heat Going into Conventions
Outside The Beltway | OTB — Obama and McCain Polls: Dead Heat Going into Conventions I saw the headline “ Poll Finds Little Support for Obama ” on memeorandum and, of course, clicked out of curiousity. It turns out to have been a poll in Oklahoma, where John McCain has a comfortable 56-24 lead. That’s not exactly surprising. If it was even close in Oklahoma, we’d be looking at an absolute rout. What’s more interesting, though, is that despite a bad couple of weeks for McCain and Obama’s rock star reception on his world tour, the numbers are actually tightening in McCain’s favor. Look at the ...

Monday’s campaign round-up
Political Animal — ... that the campaign may push off an announcement until after Obama unveils his VP pick. * Rasmussen shows McCain leading Obama in Alaska by five, 44% to 39%. * Research 2000 shows McCain leading Obama in North Carolina by four, 47% to 43%. * SurveyUSA McCain leading Obama in Missouri by five, 49% to 44%. * Siena Obama leading McCain in New York by 18, 44% to 26%. * The Tulsa World/KOTV shows McCain leading Obama in Oklahoma by 32, 56% to 24%. * Speaker Pelosi still likes the idea of Rep. Chet Edwards ...