The polling report officially goes meta: A new Washington Post-ABC News poll finds 46% of Americans hold favorable views of polls in general, and 47% have negative ones. My brain has officially malfunctioned…
Meanwhile, Romney’s outrageous and unAmerican Libya lies have done real damage:
Anyway, we have a lot of new polls, and they only change the shades of color on the map. Wisconsin finds a deeper shade of blue while New Hampshire is irritating in its preference for sky blue.
NATIONAL POLLS
NATIONAL–Gallup Tracking: Obama 47 Romney 46
NATIONAL–Ipsos/Reuters Tracking: Obama 47 Romney 43 (LV); Obama 48 Romney40 (RV)
NATIONAL–NBC/Wall Street Journal: Obama 50, Romney 45 (LV); Obama 50, Romney 44 (RV)
NATIONAL–Rasmussen Tracking–with leaners: Obama 48, Romney 48
STATE POLLS
COLORADO–Qinnipiac/CBS News/NYT: Obama 48, Romney 47
WISCONSIN–Qinnipiac/CBS News/NYT: Obama 51, Romney 45
MASSACHUSETTS–PPP: Obama 57, Romney 39
MASSACHUSETTS–Suffolk University: Obama 64, Romney 31
MASSACHUSETTS–Western New England College: Obama 60, Romney 38 (LV); Obama 64, Romney 32 (RV)
MICHIGAN–Marketing Resource Group–R: Obama 48, Romney 42
NEW HAMPSHIRE–American Research Group: Obama 48, Romney 46
OREGON–SurveyUSA: Obama 50, Romney 41
PENNSYLVANIA–Muhlenberg College/Morning Call: Obama 50, Romney 41
VIRGINIA–Washington Post: Obama 52, Romney 44 (LV); Obama 50 Romney 43 (RV)
VIRGINIA–Qinnipiac/CBS News/NYT: Obama 50, Romney 46
SENATE POLLS
MASSACHUSETTS–Suffolk University: Elizabeth Warren (D) 48, Sen. Scott Brown (R) 44
MASSACHUSETTS–WBUR: Elizabeth Warren (D) 45, Sen. Scott Brown (R) 40
MICHIGAN–Marketing Resource Group–R: Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D) 46, Pete Hoekstra (R) 40
NEW JERSEY–Philadelphia Inquirer: Sen. Robert Menendez (D) 43, Joe Kyrillos (R) 32
PENNSYLVANIA–Muhlenberg College/Morning Call: Sen. Bob Casey (D) 45, Tom Smith (R) 33
CONNECTICUT–University of Connecticut-Hartford Courant: Rep. Chris Murphy (D) 37, Linda McMahon (R) 33%, with 29% still undecided.
WISCONSIN–Quinnipiac University/New York Times/CBS News: Tammy Baldwin (D) 47, former Gov. Tommy Thompson (R) 47, with 6% still undecided.
GOVERNOR POLLS
NEW HAMPSHIRE–American Research Group: Ovide Lamontagne (R) 47, Maggie Hassan (D) 46, John Babiarz (L) 2