Obama McCain Presidential Race Polls.

Here are the latest national general election polls in the 2008 presidential race between Barack Obama and John McCain. Presidential match-up surveys for the head-to-head race will be updated daily from Gallup, Rasmussen, Reuters, Zogby, Survey USA, CNN, CBS News and others including the daily tracking polls.

This polling compilation will be updated daily and the link will be conveniently located in the sidebar.

All summer long the race has been tight. National polls have alternatively shown Obama and McCain tied or more commonly Obama slightly ahead, with a few polls showing the McCain ticket leading. Most of the polling were done before the conventions so we can throw them out now. People are finally beginning to pay attention to the election.

So now the race is on. Both parties have had their conventions and their historic speeches. We will know next week if the “Palin bounce” has wiped out the “Obama bounce” from the week before, and where things generally stand in the Obama McCain race.

Regardless of the short term, however, expect the election to be close all the way to election day in November.

Update 9/7/08 – The first Zogby poll after the RNC convention clearly shows a McCain-Palin bounce in which they have topped 50% for the first time. Gallup confirmed the Palin convention bounce with a result that is outside their margin of error, while USA today shows a 10 point lead among likely voters We can say that John McCain has surged ahead in the general election, although we expect the race is still very close.

National Election Polls (McCain Obama)

The latest general election polls are below.

Gallup Daily Tracking (9/5 – 9/7/2008)
Barack Obama – 44%
John McCain – 49%

USA Today / Gallup (9/7/08)
(likely voters)
Barack Obama – 44%
John McCain – 54%

USA Today / Gallup (9/7/08)
(registered voters)
Barack Obama – 46%
John McCain – 50%

Zogby (9/4 – 9/6/2008)
Barack Obama – 46%
John McCain – 50%

ABC News / Washington Post (9/5 – 9/7/2008)
Barack Obama – 47%
John McCain – 49%

CNN (9/5 – 9/7/2008)
Barack Obama – 48%
John McCain – 48%

Rasmussen Daily Tracking (9/4 – 9/6/2008)
Barack Obama – 48%
John McCain – 48%

Gallup Daily Tracking (9/3 – 9/5/2008)
Barack Obama – 47%
John McCain – 45%

Rasmussen Daily Tracking (9/3 – 9/5/2008)
Barack Obama – 49%
John McCain – 46%

Hotline / FD Tracking (9/2 – 9/4/2008)
Barack Obama – 46%
John McCain – 40%

CBS News (9/1 – 9/3/2008)
Barack Obama – 42%
John McCain – 42%

CNN (8/29 – 8/31/2008)
Barack Obama – 49%
John McCain – 48%


Presidential Election Polls 2008