On July 7, the Arizona Republic (daily newspaper of Phoenix) published this interesting story about modern-day challenges to organzations that conduct polls. The article discusses the fact that 15% of Americans no longer have land lines and depend entirely on cell phones. Then, the article discusses the extra problems presented by cell phones. Thanks to ElectionUpdates for the link.
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.
Public Policy Polling released these results on July 8, for President, Governor, and U.S. House, inside North Carolina’s 8th U.S. House district:
For President, Obama 43%, McCain 39%, Barr 7%, other and undecided 11%.
For Governor, Perdue (Dem.) 43%, McCrory (Rep.) 38%, Munger (Libt.) 6%, other and undecided 13%.
For U.S. House, Hayes (Rep. incumbent) 43%, Kissell (Dem.) 36%, Hill (Libt.) 7%, other and undecided 14%.
The North Carolina 8th district is one of the most competitive anywhere in the United States. In 2006, it re-elected its Republican congressman by 329 votes. It consists of part of Charlotte and the counties east of Charlotte. Thanks to Daniel Finegold-Sachs 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 Seattle Times has this story about the letters sent by the Democratic and Republican Parties, concerning the “top-two” primary in Washington state in August.
