Obama, McCain in dead heat in ND, poll says

[maddezmom]

Obama, McCain in dead heat in ND, poll says

10/13/2008

A new poll says Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain are in a dead heat for North Dakota`s three electoral votes.

The Forum newspaper commissioned the poll earlier this month. It says 45 percent of the people who responded favored Obama, and 43 percent supported McCain. The poll has a margin for error of 4 percentage points, and 12 percent of the people who replied said they were undecided.

Pollsters interviewed 606 North Dakotans who described themselves as likely voters from Oct. 6-8. The work was done by the Public Affairs Institute at Minnesota State University Moorhead. A Democratic presidential candidate hasn`t carried North Dakota since 1964.


http://www.kqcd.com/News_Stories.asp?news=23200

[alcibiades_mystery]

1. Ouchies...

:rofl:

[THUNDER HANDS]

2. seriously?

when North Dakota is a battleground state, you know it's going to be a wild election.

[AllieB]

3. ND has two Democratic Senators, doesn't it?

Kent Conrad and Byron Dorgan? I wonder why if they elect Dems to the Senate that they go Red in elections.

[DarthDem]

6. People-Oriented Politics

They identify with whoever happens to rise to prominence and is likeable, and does a lot for the state. Conrad and Dorgan are both very effective and don't forget their roots (cf. Liddy Dole, e.g.), so North Dakotans love them. Same deal in WV with Byrd and Rockefeller, AR with Blanche Lincoln and Pryor, and SD with Johnson (and Daschle before he got tossed).

That said, this is an amazing poll!

[Sodan]

4. omg

[occe]

5. That's interesting

Didn't think it would be even a toss up, but if Obama can snag ND on Nov. 4, I don't see how this election can be close.

[annabanana]

7. North Dakota!?!

[L. Coyote]

8. Au H2 '08 = 49 States!

[riverwalker]

9. Amazing!

Amazing, absolutely amazing.