The Polling Report [6.13.12]

Ron Barber, former aide to the nearly assassinated and critically injured Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ), defeated right wing teahadist Jesse Kelly, famous for his obsession with guns and for campaign events where he and his fellow right wing terrorists would shot at pictures of Giffords and Obama, last night by a healthy nearly landslidish margin of 53% to 46%.

The PPP poll on this race we talked about yesterday basically nailed the result, which is very difficult in House races, and which is why we consider it the most accurate poll in the business.

NATIONAL–PRESIDENT (Gallup Tracking): Obama 46, Romney 45
NATIONAL–PRESIDENT (PPP for Daily Kos/SEIU): Obama 50, Romney 42
NATIONAL–PRESIDENT (Rasmussen Tracking): Romney 46, Obama 45
NATIONAL–PRESIDENT (Reuters/Ipsos): Obama 45, Romney 44
NATIONAL–PRESIDENT (Tarrance Group–R): Obama 47, Romney 46
IOWA–PRESIDENT (Rasmussen): Romney 47, Obama 46

Can someone please poll Iowa besides Rasmussen? Because I have to assume with this poll that Obama is leading 50-46.

NORTH DAKOTA–PRESIDENT (DFM Research for the N.D. Democratic Party): Romney 50, Obama 36

The only reason there is polling in North Dakota is because of their competitive Senate race. But I have never seen back to back North Dakota Presidential polls in my life, ever. No surprise here. ND stays dark red.

NEW YORK–PRESIDENT (Siena College): Obama 59, Romney 35

But I cannot quite figure out why we are getting New York polled. No competitive Senate race.

HAWAII–SENATOR (Merriman River Group for Civil Beat): Ed Case (D) 52, Linda Lingle (R) 36; Mazie Hirono (D) 49, Lingle 44
HAWAII–SENATOR–DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY (Merriman River Group for Civil Beat): Ed Case 46, Mazie Hirono 46

Progressives want Hirono to win. Case is a blue dog.

NEVADA–SENATOR (PPP): Sen. Dean Heller (R) 44, Shelley Berkley (D) 43
NORTH DAKOTA–SENATOR (DFM Research for the N.D. Democratic Party): Heidi Heitkamp (D) 45, Rick Berg (R) 44
PENNSYLVANIA–SENATOR (Quinnipiac): Sen. Bob Casey (D) 51, Tom Smith (R) 32