State of the race, as of today's polling.
Electoral College: Obama 293, McCain 168, Toss-up 77
National popular vote: Obama 47.2%-42.5% McCain
(Dark Blue (179): Obama +9.5% or more
Lean Blue (114): Obama +3.5%-+9.4%
White / Toss-up (77): Obama +3.4% to McCain +3.4%
Lean Red (84): McCain +3.5%-+9.4%
Dark Red (84): McCain +9.5% or more)
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Not too bad. Obama is farther ahead at this point then Kerry or Bush were EVER ahead of one another during the last election, and I'm pretty sure that he's farther ahead then any lead in the Bush-Gore 2000 election too.
Long way to go, but it doesn't suck to be in the lead...
Cycloptichorn