• Zogby Poll Shows Barack Obama With Huge Electoral College Leads

    According to John Zogby's online poll — which, according to John Zogby, is "remarkably accurate" — Barack Obama's Electoral College lead over John McCain is practically embarrassing (whether for McCain or Zogby remains to be seen)…

    Obama: 273
    McCain: 160
    Undecided: 105

    What that means is that, according to these numbers, even if all the undecided states tipped toward McCain, Obama would still lead 273 to 265.

    With Obama only beating McCain by a few points in national polls, it seems odd to see him holding such landslide numbers when it comes to the Electoral College. I wonder what could be the factor I'm not considering…

    Bob Barr receives the support of 7% of voters who identify themselves as conservative or very conservative voters. Barr gets 43% of libertarians and 11% of independents.

    Okay, but what about that potato sack who's running on the liberal side?

    On the left, Ralph Nader gets less than 2% nationally.

    Almost two percent?! I am genuinely surprised that Nader is polling that high.

    On second thought, when I think about Nader supporters and then I think about all the people I see drooling into their laps on the subway, I guess I'm actually a little surprised he's not polling at an even two percent.


    Tags: Barack Obama, Bob Barr, John McCain, John Zogby, Libertarian

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