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POLL: PPP Virginia (8/20-22)
PPP's poll (with a large sample) shows Obama with a 2-point edge over McCain in VA. This poll is consistent with others--all 5 August polls of VA (by 5 different pollsters) show a close race there. This poll is the second in a row to show Obama ahead. An InsiderAdvantage poll showed a tie. A Rasmussen poll showed Obama up 1 w/o leaners and McCain up 1 with leaners. A SurveyUsa poll showed ...
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Today's Polls, 8/24
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right — ... also has their take on Colorado: John McCain has a 1-point lead. That's down a hair from 2 points last month, but better for him than their June edition, when Obama had led by 5. And Public Policy Polling gives Obama a two-point lead in Virginia, the same margin he's held in their two prior polls of the Commonwealth. ...

Monday's campaign round-up
Political Animal — ... against Obama from the primary season. * A Public Policy Polling poll shows Obama leading McCain in Virginia by two, 47% to 45%. * A Suffolk University poll shows Obama leading McCain ...

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