October 26, 2008
Posted: 12:21 PM ET
From CNN's Emily Sherman
Sen. Obama is running a competitive race in the battleground states.
(CNN)— With nine days left, a series of new battleground polls have some stark news for Sen. John McCain. Georgia is shaping up to be a battleground state this election cycle, according to CNN's first poll of polls in the southern state. The average of three surveys shows Sen. John McCain leading Sen. Obama by 6 points, 50 percent to 44 percent. "McCain's six-point lead in Georgia is an extremely thin silver lining on an increasingly dark cloud for the GOP," said CNN Senior Political Researcher Alan Silverleib. "Bush carried Georgia by 17 points four years ago. The Democratic upswing in Georgia mirrors the trend in most other states across the country. It is extremely hard to see McCain coming close to 270 electoral votes on Election Night if the current poll numbers — both on the national and state level — hold for the next nine days." The Georgia poll of polls consists of three surveys: NBC/Mason-Dixon poll conducted October 22 and 23, a Research 2000 poll conducted October 14 and 15, and a CNN/Time/Opinion Research Corporation poll conducted October 11 through 14. Other new battleground state poll of polls show the same trend. CNN Electoral Map Calculator: You call the race CNN's latest Iowa poll of polls shows Obama leading McCain by 13 points, 52 percent to 39 percent, which is a six-point increase for the Illinois senator since the last Iowa poll of polls released in late September. In Missouri, the latest CNN poll of polls shows the two presidential nominees locked in a dead heat, 46 percent to 46 percent, for the state's 11 electoral votes. CNN's Missouri poll of polls consists of three surveys: NBC/Mason-Dixon poll conducted October 22 to 23, Research 2000 poll conducted October 20 through 23, and a Suffolk University poll conducted October 17 through 19. Finally, the latest New Hampshire poll of polls has Obama ahead by 10 points 52 percent to 42 percent. That is a two-point increase for the Democratic nominee since the last New Hampshire poll of polls released just last week. There is no sampling error for any of the CNN poll of polls. Filed under: Barack Obama John McCain
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