Zogby Polls has this interactive map of the United States, showing presidential polls in 34 states. Each result shows results for Obama, McCain, Barr and Nader, and an “other” category, plus an “undecided” category. One clicks on any particular state (or, for the very small states, the name of that state), to get results for that state.
There are no results (as of July 9) for Alaska, Delaware, D.C., Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Maine, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia, or Wyoming.
According to this poll, Barr’s best state is New Hampshire with 10%, and Nader’s best state is Massachusetts with 3%. Thanks to Kevin Takenaga for the link.
This is a very nice application. Thanks for the link.
I wonder why Nader polls so much lower with Zogby than anywhere else? LA Times/Bloomberg, CNN, USA Presidential Polls, etc. all have had Nader polling ahead of Barr. Zogby has Barr polling far ahead of Nader. What accounts for this?
I really don’t think that these Zogby polls are very accurate. I mean, Obama winning in Arizona??? There are some odd results. I recommend fivethirtyeight.com better, because it takes most of the polling around us.
Zogby has the best track record for the last ten years. And the third party numbers seem especially so, Nader’s high numbers have been name-recognition push polling, Zogby takes third parties more seriously.
The suggested results for AZ make sense when you look at the Barr vote, as well as the Some Else vote and the Undecideds.
I don’t for a moment believe that Barr is polling more than Nader as every other poll shows the exact opposite to this. I think the poll numbers will be more accurate as we start to find what ballots that Nader will and will not be on. If Nader can win the P&F Party nomination in CA then I would imagine he will poll higher since it will be certain that he shall have a ballot line.
fivethirtyeight.com is a nice site, but I couldn’t find any information on third party candidates. Did I miss it or is it not there?
Look at the ridiculousness of Nader’s numbers: no one even knows which ballots he will be on! If he (or Barr for that matter) isn’t on the ballot in a particular state, then his poll numbers are MEANINGLESS.
Even write-in presidential candidates can poll significant votes. In 2000, Nader’s write-in votes in Idaho were 2.45% of the total vote in Idaho. In 2000, his write-ins in Wyoming were 2.12% of the total Wyoming vote.