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You are here: Home / Blog / Latest Polling on 2008 Senate Campaigns

September 16, 2008

Latest Polling on 2008 Senate Campaigns

This listing includes mostly media and public polls.  Read more to see the latest results by state.

September 10, 2008

N.B. This listing includes mostly media and public polls; party or candidate polls are generally not used unless other polls are unavailable. Because all polls have a margin of error in their numbers, the polls should be taken as useful indicators at the moment the polling is conducted rather than absolute truth. In some instances, conflicting polls will be provided.

Alaska
49% – Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich (D)
46% – Sen. Ted Stevens (R)
5% – Undecided, other
Anchorage Press/KTUUJ-TV/KENI-AM poll conducted August 30 – September 2, 2008 – 500 likely voters

Colorado
47% Rep. Mark Udall (D)
37% – ex-Rep. Bob Schaffer (R)
16% – Undecided, other
Denver Post poll conducted August 13 – 15, 2008 – 400 likely voters

39% – Rep. Mark Udall (D)
31% – ex-Rep. Bob Schaffer (R)
30% – Undecided, other
Suffolk University poll conducted August 21-24, 2008 – 450 likely voters

Idaho
41% – Lt. Gov. James Risch (R)
30% – ex-Rep. Larry LaRocco (D)
29% – Undecided, other
Greg Smith & Associates poll conducted August 18 – 22, 2008 – 600 likely voters

Iowa
57% – Sen. Tom Harkin (D)
20% – Christopher Reed (R)
23% – Undecided
Research 2000 poll conducted April 21- 23, 2008 for KCCI-TV – 600 likely voters

Kansas
50% – Sen. Pat Roberts (R)
38% – former Rep. Jim Slattery (D)
12% – Undecided
Research 2000 poll conducted June 2-4, 2008 for Daily Kos – 600 likely voters

Kentucky
52% – Sen. Mitch McConnell (R)
40% – Bruce Lunsford (D)
8% – Undecided
SurveyUSA poll conducted August 9 – 11, 2008 for WHAS-TV Louisville, WLEX-TV Lexington and WCPO-TV Cincinnati.- 636 likely voters

Lousiana
46% – Sen. Mary Landrieu (D)
40% – State Treasurer John Kennedy (R)
14% – Undecided
Southern Media and Opinion Research poll conducted June 26 – 28, 2008 – 600 likely voters

Maine
50% – Sen. Susan Collins (R)
40% – Rep. Tom Allen (D)
9% – Undecided
Critical Insights poll conduted June 1-27, 2008 – 602 registered voters

Michigan
59% – Sen. Carl Levin (D)
27% – state rep. Jack Hoogendyk (R)
14% – Undecided
Detroit News & 3 tv stations poll conducted August 18-21, 2008 by EPIC-MRA – 600 likely voters

Minnesota
41% – Al Franken (D)
40% – Rep. Norm Coleman (R)
19% – Undecided, other
Minnesota Public Radio News and University of Minnesota poll conducted August 7-17, 2008 – 763 likely voters

Mississippi
45% – Rep. Roger Wicker (R)
44% – ex-Gov. Ronnie Musgrove (D)
14% – Undecided
Research 2000 poll conducted July 21-23, 2008 for Daily Kos – 600 likely voters

Montana
65% – Sen. Max Baucus (D)
26% – Mike Lange (R)
9% – Undecided
Mason-Dixon poll conducted May 19-21, 2008 for Lee Newspapers – 625 likely voters

Nebraska
58% – ex-Governor Mike Johanns (R)
31% – Scott Kleeb (D)
11% – Undecided
Research 2000 poll conducted May 19-21, 2008 for Daily Kos – 600 likely voters

New Hampshire
46% – former Gov. Jeanne Shaheen (D)
42% – Sen. John Sununu (R)
12% – Undecided
U. of New Hampshire Granite State poll conducted July 11 – 20, 2008 – 475 likely voters

(Note: A Republican poll conducted around the same time by American Research Group showed Shaheen ahead 58% – 36%, but this listing generally does not use partisan polls)

New Jersey
46% – Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D)
35% – former Rep. Dick Zimmer (R)
20% – Undecided
Fairleigh Dickinson University poll conducted September 4 – 7, 2008 – 840 likely voters

New Mexico
59% – Rep. Tom Udall (D)
34% – Rep. Steve Pearce (R)
7% – Undecided
Rasmussen poll conducted July 24, 2008 – 700 likely voters

North Carolina
50% – Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R)
42% – Kay Hagan (D)
8% – Undecided, other
Research 2000 poll conducted July 28-30, 2008 for DailyKos – 600 likely voters

Oklahoma
56% – Sen. Jim Inhofe (R)
34% – Andrew Rice (D)
10% – Undecided, other
Survey USA poll conducted September 5 – 7, 2008 for KFOR-TV – 6520 likely voters

Oregon
49% – Sen. Gordon Smith (R)
37% – Jeff Merkley (D)
14% – Undecided
Survey USA poll conducted August 2 – 4, 2008 for KATU-TV – 629 likely voters

Tennessee
60% – Sen. Lamar Alexander (R)
20% – Mike McWherter (D)
11% – Undecided
Ayres, McHenry & Associates Republican poll conducted October 8-11, 2007 – 600 registered voters

Texas
44% – Sen. John Cornyn (R)
31% – Rick Noriega (D)
25% – Undecided
University of Texas conducted July 18-30, 2008 – 668 registered voters

Virginia
56% – ex-Gov. Mark Warner (D)
35% – ex-Gov. Jim Gilmore (R)
9% – Undecided SurveyUSA poll conducted for several television stations September 5 – 7, 2008 – 717 likely voters

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