My one complaint about this site is it jumps too easily at the result of one poll. It had overestimated how many states were leaning Obama awhile back and currently overestimates how many states are leaning McCain. New Mexico is a great example.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/nm/new_mexico_mccain_vs_obama-448.html#polls
RCP Average 08/13 - 09/08 -- 47.0 44.7 Obama +2.3
Rasmussen 09/08 - 09/08 700 LV 47 49 McCain +2
CNN/Time 08/24 - 08/26 659 RV 53 40 Obama +13
Rasmussen 08/20 - 08/20 700 LV 48 44 Obama +4
Mason-Dixon 08/13 - 08/15 400 LV 41 45 McCain +4
Rasmussen 07/24 - 07/24 700 LV 49 43 Obama +6
SurveyUSA 06/17 - 06/19 539 LV 49 46 Obama +3
Rasmussen 06/18 - 06/18 500 LV 47 39 Obama +8
That just doesn't add up to a McCain advantage to me if you look at the numbers. You can't say a state has shifted off of one poll. It just doesn't work that way.
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