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mccain clearly should save his moolah in this state. no point in buying so much as a poster with his name on it. it's hard and fast obama country.

Rasmussen poll at Obama +12 is very consistent with polling average. Obama absolutely needs Washington to win.

Why are they wasting their money to poll WA? This state is as blue as CA or NY!!

come to think of it - i think i'd be using washington state as my litmus test for any decisive broad based trends.

if this state is as blue as a ultra violet light and getting even more so, then any tick down for obama any time at all is indicative enough that something BIG is nibbling away at him.

so far, nada. so i cant see a decisive country wide shift for mccain. but just two points up for mccain or down for obama is the sneak preview on the outcome of the general election.

at least as faras i'm concerned.

Lookin' for Gov race. Maybe posted later.

I see agreement in poll. 1/4 hate Obama. 1/4 hate McCain. Or should I say view "unfavorably?"

All I can say about WA is go Seahawks! Seahawk blue is the only blue I can accept!

Rasmussen's interest in Washington probably stems from their effort to be taken seriously as an "objective" pollster at the state level and from the much closer race between Gregoire (Dem) and Rossi (GOP) for governor.

Note: The new "top two" election law in Washington allows candidates to avoid being identified with a particular party. Rossi has decided not to identify himself as a "Republican" and opted instead to call himself the "GOP" candidate.)

I know I'm starting to sound like a broken record on this, but when are they going to have a poll on Indiana? As far as I know there have been no non-partisan presidential polls there since the SurveyUSA one in late June showing Obama leading by one point there.

I don't object to polling "safe" states--after all, only polls can determine whether they are indeed safe. (No one would have thought that Montana or North Dakota could be close if polls had not shown them being that way.) But maybe they should also poll the (apparently) close states too? (Especially since determining whether the race in Indiana is indeed close would be important in determining whether Obama will chosse Bayh as his running mate...)

Why bother polling California, Oregon and Washington. McCain doesn't have a chance in these 3 states.

WA (Gov race not safe for Dem).
OR Senate (GOP or Dem?) and Prez (now light blue.)
CA (Big economy).
Rasmussen 14 issues (tracking.)