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Top-Line Numbers

July 30, 2008
The Cook Political Report currently sees the Presidential contest as a Toss Up. Obama currently has a 240 to 174 Electoral vote edge, with 124 Electoral votes in the Toss Up column. 270 are needed to win.

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All Obama, All the Time

August 2, 2008
What is this presidential election about? According to the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, it's about Barack Obama, not John McCain or really even a choice between the two men. As pollster Peter Hart, the Democratic half of the duo who conducted the survey, puts it, "Obama will be the 'point person' in this election."
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Bounce or Breach

July 29, 2008
It's too early to say with certainty, but the Gallup daily tracking polls are suggesting that Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., benefited from his nine-day trip to Afghanistan, the Middle East and Europe as much as sympathetic pundits suggested he would. Obama's numbers were within the margin of error as recently as the July 21-23 tracking, 45-43 percent, but since then have widened.
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Eye of the Storm

July 26, 2008
This is a strange time in the presidential campaign, a hiatus between the intense skirmishes for the nominations and the battle for the White House.
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Race Charts

Presidential EV Scorecard
A look at the current Electoral College outlook for the 2008 race.

More Presidential Charts

Dashboard

DEM

REP

State Breakdown

19

31

Electoral Votes

535

249

286

Solid Dem.

150

 
Likely Dem.

33

 
Lean Dem.

52

5
Toss Up

124

Lean Rep.  

17

Likely Rep.  

27

Solid Rep.  

130