As of October 5th, 2008.
Obama: 329 (-9)
McCain: 194 (+9)
Tie: 15 (nc)
- Colorado has went from slightly Obama to slightly McCain.
- Minnesota went from weak Obama to strong Obama.
The webmaster at electoral-vote also brings us this graph, courtesy of a site called openleft.com.
According the webmaster at openleft.com:
Today is the first time Barack Obama has reached or surpassed the 50-point mark, also. The lead is a record 8.25 points, also. McCain is also at his all-time low at 42 points, too.
As I "argued" yesterday, McCain's campaign has the look of a sinking ship. Many countered with caution. We've seen Obama take leads before and then give them up. And many of us bear the emotional scars of 2000 and 2004 and have been unwilling to get excited too early. But:
1. Gore or Kerry never had a lead like this. And certainly they never had a sustained and sizable lead like this.
2. It's October. The post-convention period is exactly when moves like this by one candidate or the other usually take place. Waffling voters are now choosing sides.
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Interesting numbers, that's for sure.
