There are interesting developments in the House. Currently we have two vacant
seats, GA-09, previously occupied by the late Charlie Norwood (R), and CA-37, previously occupied by the late Juanita
McDonald (CA-37).
Both districts are highly partisan, so a Republican will surely win in GA-09 and
a Democrat will surely win in CA-37. But now we have a new wrinkle.
An Arizona newspaper
is reporting that Rep. Rick Renzi (R-AZ) may resign this week. Renzi is the subject on an
FBI investigation into corruption. Renzi has already given up all his committee assignments
in Congress, a very unusual move, certainly for someone who thinks he is innocent
of all charges. Unlike GA-09 and CA-37, Renzi's district, AZ-01 , is slightly Democratic.
If Renzi resigns, there will be a special election in a few weeks. An open seat in a
swing district in such a highly polarized country will be quite a spectacle. Every big
name politician in the country will be in there pitching for his or her candidate.
Stay tuned to see what Renzi does.
Here are some more polling data. As usual, remember that polls this far out mean
virtually nothing. A lot can happen between now and January. Also, to the extent
this data has any value at all, keep your eyes on Iowa and New Hampshire.
Edwards is holding his lead in Iowa and in very close in New Hampshire. Should
Edwards win those two, it would be a whole new ball game with totally
unpredictable results a week later on SooperDooperTuesday, Feb. 5.
State
Pollster
End date
Clinton
Obama
Edwards
Giuliani
McCain
Romney
Alabama
U. of South Alabama
Apr. 19
33%
25%
12%
28%
23%
3%
Alabama
Capital Survey
Mar. 6
35%
19%
9%
28%
23%
3%
Alabama
ARG
Feb. 13
44%
13%
11%
31%
19%
3%
Alabama
Capital Survey
Jan. 17
27%
14%
19%
20%
24%
3%
Arizona
Arizona State U.
Apr. 22
25%
20%
18%
27%
32%
11%
Arizona
Rocky Mtn Poll
Mar. 21
27%
20%
9%
25%
34%
11%
Arizona
Arizona State U.
Feb. 25
28%
24%
14%
25%
44%
6%
Arizona
ARG
Feb. 13
33%
24%
13%
21%
45%
2%
Arizona
Rocky Mtn Poll
Jan. 22
32%
15%
18%
13%
40%
11%
Arkansas
ARG
Mar. 23
49%
16%
12%
12%
21%
4%
Arkansas
ARG
Mar. 19
49%
16%
12%
12%
21%
4%
California
Field Poll
Mar. 31
41%
28%
13%
36%
24%
7%
California
SurveyUSA
Mar. 6
44%
31%
10%
41%
23%
8%
California
Datamar
Feb. 15
34%
24%
16%
41%
17%
11%
California
ARG
Jan. 17
36%
33%
6%
33%
18%
3%
Colorado
ARG
Apr. 2
34%
23%
17%
25%
23%
9%
Connecticut
Quinnipiac U.
Feb. 12
33%
21%
5%
43%
27%
4%
Connecticut
ARG
Feb. 6
40%
8%
10%
32%
21%
14%
Delaware
FDU
Feb. 25
34%
19%
10%
0%
0%
0%
Florida
Quinnipiac U.
Apr. 24
36%
13%
11%
38%
15%
7%
Florida
U. of North Florida
Apr. 13
35%
20%
9%
31%
14%
6%
Florida
Quinnipiac U.
Mar. 27
36%
13%
11%
35%
15%
5%
Florida
Quinnipiac U.
Mar. 4
38%
13%
6%
38%
18%
6%
Florida
Quinnipiac U.
Feb. 4
49%
13%
7%
29%
23%
6%
Florida
ARG
Jan. 9
30%
14%
15%
30%
15%
2%
Illinois
ARG
Jan. 14
30%
36%
5%
33%
24%
12%
Iowa
U. of Iowa
Mar. 31
28%
19%
34%
21%
20%
17%
Iowa
Zogby
Mar. 26
25%
23%
27%
25%
19%
11%
Iowa
ARG
Mar. 23
34%
16%
33%
29%
29%
10%
Iowa
ARG
Mar. 22
34%
33%
16%
29%
29%
10%
Iowa
Zogby
Feb. 9
24%
24%
18%
19%
17%
5%
Iowa
Zogby
Jan. 16
16%
27%
17%
19%
17%
5%
Maine
ARG
Feb. 6
41%
14%
17%
33%
22%
13%
Massachusetts
ARG
Feb. 6
35%
24%
19%
29%
30%
7%
Michigan
EPIC/MRA
Mar. 18
45%
29%
16%
26%
30%
21%
Michigan
ARG
Mar. 4
35%
30%
14%
30%
35%
0%
Michigan
EPIC/MRA
Feb. 4
49%
20%
8%
32%
28%
8%
Michigan
ARG
Jan. 7
30%
30%
17%
34%
24%
10%
Missouri
ARG
Jan. 9
30%
18%
17%
18%
31%
2%
Nevada
Zogby
Apr. 12
35%
21%
15%
37%
15%
15%
Nevada
Research 2000
Mar. 8
32%
20%
11%
38%
18%
4%
New Hampshire
Zogby
Apr. 3
29%
23%
23%
19%
25%
25%
New Hampshire
U. of New Hampshire
Apr. 3
27%
20%
21%
29%
29%
17%
New Hampshire
ARG
Mar. 23
37%
23%
20%
19%
23%
17%
New Hampshire
Franklin Pierce Coll.
Mar. 12
32%
25%
16%
28%
29%
22%
New Hampshire
Suffolk U.
Feb. 28
28%
26%
17%
37%
27%
17%
New Hampshire
Zogby/UNH
Feb. 8
27%
23%
13%
27%
28%
13%
New Hampshire
Zogby
Jan. 17
19%
19%
23%
20%
26%
13%
New Jersey
Monmouth U.
Apr. 16
41%
22%
13%
49%
19%
6%
New Jersey
Quinnipiac U.
Apr. 16
38%
16%
9%
49%
18%
6%
New Jersey
FDU
Mar. 4
46%
18%
10%
59%
20%
6%
New Jersey
Quinnipiac U.
Feb. 25
41%
19%
5%
58%
15%
2%
New Jersey
Quinnipiac U.
Jan. 22
30%
8%
16%
39%
21%
5%
New Mexico
ARG
Jan. 13
22%
17%
12%
38%
20%
7%
New York
Siena Coll.
Apr. 20
39%
17%
11%
47%
16%
8%
New York
Blum+Weprin
Apr. 7
49%
17%
11%
56%
15%
5%
New York
ARG
Apr. 2
41%
20%
16%
50%
14%
7%
New York
Quinnipiac U.
Apr. 2
44%
14%
9%
52%
13%
6%
New York
Siena Coll.
Mar. 22
43%
11%
7%
31%
20%
6%
New York
Quinnipiac U.
Feb. 11
47%
16%
7%
51%
17%
1%
North Carolina
Elon U.
Apr. 19
20%
20%
26%
32%
22%
10%
North Carolina
ARG
Jan. 15
26%
19%
30%
34%
26%
2%
Ohio
Quinnipiac U.
Apr. 24
37%
14%
17%
23%
21%
6%
Ohio
Quinnipiac U.
Mar. 19
32%
22%
11%
31%
20%
6%
Ohio
Quinnipiac U.
Mar. 4
32%
19%
13%
35%
18%
3%
Ohio
U. of Akron
Feb. 21
42%
16%
17%
36%
28%
6%
Ohio
Quinnipiac U.
Jan. 28
38%
11%
13%
30%
22%
4%
Oklahoma
ARG
Feb. 13
40%
15%
16%
37%
21%
2%
Oregon
Riley Research
Mar. 13
31%
21%
8%
33%
20%
5%
Pennsylvania
Quinnipiac U.
Apr. 24
36%
14%
13%
29%
17%
5%
Pennsylvania
Quinnipiac U.
Mar. 25
36%
17%
9%
33%
18%
5%
Pennsylvania
Quinnipiac U.
Mar. 4
29%
18%
11%
43%
17%
6%
Pennsylvania
Susquehanna
Feb. 20
42%
16%
11%
37%
29%
6%
Pennsylvania
Quinnipiac U.
Feb. 5
37%
11%
11%
30%
20%
4%
Pennsylvania
ARG
Jan. 8
32%
12%
13%
35%
25%
1%
Rhode Island
Brown U.
Jan. 27
33%
8%
15%
South Carolina
Hamilton/McHenry
Apr. 19
31%
27%
16%
15%
24%
10%
South Carolina
ARG
Feb. 27
36%
25%
20%
29%
35%
5%
Texas
ARG
Mar. 19
34%
32%
11%
30%
20%
13%
Utah
ARG
Feb. 13
31%
18%
9%
13%
21%
40%
Vermont
ARG
Feb. 6
37%
19%
14%
29%
30%
7%
West Virginia
ARG
Apr. 2
37%
22%
19%
29%
33%
8%
Wisconsin
St. Norbert Coll.
Apr. 17
33%
30%
18%
26%
24%
9%
This page is the prototype for 2008. The data and map will refer to previous
elections until serious polls begin in 2008. The blog will be updated when
there is interesting news about the 2008 races.