Poll: Obama Leads In Alaska

[Kire]

Poll: Obama Leads In Alaska; Campaign Red State Efforts Making Gains
Daniel Nichanian
Huffington Post
Posted August 13, 2008 | 10:32 AM (EST)

Presidential polls have brought few surprises over the past few weeks, with surveys in most battleground states finding surprisingly steady results -- for instance yesterday when Obama was, as usual, narrowly ahead in Colorado, a bit more in Iowa and tied in Virginia. But today’s polling delivery does contain a surprise: The first Alaska poll to find Obama ahead (for that matter, this is probably the first Alaska presidential poll in quite a while to find any Democrat ahead)!

In Alaska (polling history), a poll by the Hays Research group has Obama leading 45% to McCain’s 40%. The survey included Ralph Nader (who got 2%) but not Bob Barr, who is also on the Alaska ballot. The poll’s margin of error is rather high, however, at 4.9%.
In Kentucky, however, McCain shows little sign of weakening, as he leads Obama 55% to 37% in SUSA’s latest poll. Obama gets 59% of the Democratic vote.
Alaska, of course, is one of the 7 red states (along MT, ND, NC, GA, IN and I believe FL) in which Obama is on the air and organizing but McCain is not. For now, we had already seen Obama rise in ND and MT and erased the Florida lead McCain held through the spring. In North Carolina and Alaska, the margin had been tight for months but McCain has had a consistently narrow lead in both. In Alaska, 5 of the last 6 polls have McCain’s lead within 5% (the 6th had him leading by 10%).

More: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/daniel-nichanian/poll-obama-leads-in-alask_b_118650.html

[snowbear]

1. Yep! ...He's led in two separate polls now!

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Although, I did read in the ADN that McLOSER was going to flip on ANWR soon. If he does that, you know he'll wind up taking Alaska..

Sad, but true.

[Blue_In_AK]

2. Especially if he picks Mittens for a running mate

who was elected "most popular" here in the Republican presidential preference poll (i.e., their caucus thingie).