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There's a natural relationship. In fact, they serve to denounce and invalidate each other, on occasion.
For example, today on this forum there are threads with a national poll asserting Obama and McCain are tied nationally at 43-43, and this poll with Obama leading McCain by 5 points in Missouri.
LOL. There is no way the two relationships can co-exist. You might as well say a horse ran the Kentucky Derby in 1:57 flat but lost by 10 lengths. I guess that could be printed, and plenty of dunces would look at it and accept it, but it can't happen in a real world. Missouri is not 5 points more Democratic leaning, or Obama leaning, than the nation itself. In fact, the state slants many points more red than the nation itself.
As long as Obama maintains a lead in national poll averaging, we're fine. Averaging is very accurate these days, and a national lead will spill over to the proper states.
If Obama loses the national edge, we're in trouble regardless of state polls.
It's opposite of primaries, where state polling is more relevant.
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