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Political Junkie Fix: How to Keep Up with the Polls

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January 12th, 2008
Mary Kochan

Blog Entry:

Got a favorite in the horserace and want to watch him pull ahead, fall back, and take the lead again… maybe. What you need is an easy way to keep track of the polls. Of course they might be all wet – like the predictions that Obama was going to take New Hampshire, but watching those lines trending up and down can still engender that thrill of hope or sinking feeling of imminent defeat that makes politics a public drama with a personal stake.

Here are a couple of ways to stay on top of latest polls:

USA TODAY has a nifty little graphic sorted by Democrat and Republican and by national and state polls.

Wikipedia is collecting very detailed information state by state for both parties updated constantly:

Opinion polling for the Republican Party (United States) presidential primaries, 2008

Opinion polling for the Democratic Party (United States) presidential primaries, 2008

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