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.

On July 8, the Kansas Secretary of State listed the Reform Party candidates on his web page, including the party’s choice for president, Chuck Baldwin. The Kansas Reform Party had nominated Baldwin last month, but at first the Kansas Secretary of State had some hesitation about letting the Reform Party nominate a national ticket that had been nominated by another party (the Constitution Party). The web page listing seems to indicate that the Secretary of State now accepts the party’s choice of a presidential candidate.

The Constitution Party is not ballot-qualified in Kansas. The Kansas Reform nomination will save the Constitution Party the cost of doing an independent presidential petition in Kansas. In 2004, the Kansas Reform Party had nominated Ralph Nader for president.

The national Libertarian Party, some months ago, determined to do everything in its power to get its presidential nominee on the ballot in all states except West Virginia and Oklahoma. The latter two states were deemed too expensive. Oklahoma requires 43,913 for a presidential candidate of an unqualified party, and West Virginia requires 15,118.

The Bob Barr campaign has raised enough money to attempt the West Virginia petition. The drive starts on July 9. The deadline is August 1. Concerning Oklahoma, Barr expects to bring a lawsuit, which may include other presidential candidate-plaintiffs as well. Oklahoma lets any independent candidate on the November ballot with no petition whatsoever, unless the candidate is running for president. Yet Oklahoma requires 43,913 for an independent presidential candidate, or for the presidential nominee of an unqualified party. This policy contradicts the U.S. Supreme Court decision Anderson v Celebrezze, which says that states have less valid interest in keeping presidential candidates off the ballot, than they do in keeping candidates for other office off the ballot. The Court said this is because a presidential election is a national concern that transcends the concerns of any particular state.