I earned my advanced degrees at a Big Ten university - The University of Michigan. Now the Big Ten continues its great educational tradition by highlighting what is happening in the battleground states of the upper midwest. From the Inaugural report:
The eight states home to the 11 universities in the Big Ten conference were key battlegrounds in the 2004 election, and the results of the poll show that they are among the most competitive in the country and are likely to be pivotal in determining the election outcome.
The surveys show a tight race in all of the Big Ten states except for Obama’s home state of Illinois, where he holds a 16-point lead over McCain. The two candidates are tied in Iowa and Pennsylvania, and Obama has just a one-point lead in Ohio and Wisconsin. McCain is ahead in just one state — Indiana — where he leads by 4 percentage points. [Read more....]
Heidi-
Big fan of yours, but 10-day old polls are rather useless, especially since Obama has now surged in all the Big 10 states. Even Indiana is a toss-up now. IF you look at realclearpolitics.com or pollster.com, they have the new numbers and they are substantially in Obama's favor now.
Posted by: FranCesca | September 30, 2008 at 12:49 AM