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Obama Ties-up McCain in "Red States"
Behind the Numbers — ... four-night track, Obama holds a commanding 22-point advantage in states John F. Kerry won in 2004, and he is about tied with John McCain in states Bush won last time (49 percent Obama, 48 percent McCain). Similarly, Obama is up 60 to 36 percent in states Kerry won by more than five and trails by a smaller 52 to 45 percent margin in states Bush carried that easily. In those crucial states decided by five or fewer points in 2004, Obama is up 21 points. All questions released today are here In the new data, 90 percent of all voters, including 87 percent of whites, said they'd be ...

TPM Track Composite: Obama's Lead Grows Again
TPM Election Central — Here's our daily composite of the six major national tracking polls. Barack Obama's already-big lead has inched up again: • Gallup: Obama 51%, McCain 45%, with a ±2% margin of error, compared to a 52%-44% Obama lead yesterday. • Rasmussen: Obama 52%, McCain 45%, with a ±2% margin of error, compared to a 51%-45% Obama lead from yesterday. • ABC/Washington Post: Obama 54%, McCain 43%, with a ±3% margin of error, unchanged from yesterday. • Hotline/Diageo: Obama 48%, McCain 43%, with a ±3.4% ...

Touching Base
Behind the Numbers — ... , 36 percent of likely voters report having heard from Obama, 23 percent from McCain. Full data from this poll can be found here . By Jennifer Agiesta | October 24, 2008; 7:00 AM ET ...

10/24 Daily Kos R2K Tracking Poll: Obama 52, McCain 40
Daily Kos — ... several times. But now Dan Balz has spoken: Immediately after the debates, some national polls hinted that the race might be tightening, but this week, the weight of evidence is that Obama continues to hold a solid lead nationally and in the states where it counts most. ABC/WaPo tracker: In those crucial states decided by five or fewer points in 2004, Obama is up 21 points. Also from ABC/WaPo: 49% say they are at least somewhat uncomfortable about McCain's age, vs 8% ...