Poll-itics: Obama still ahead in electoral race

By GottaLaff

Obama Is Ahead in the Electoral Race; 80 to 100 Votes

7/5/08

Candidate	NY	GA	CT	RI
Pollster	Rass	IADV	R2000	RIC
Date	6/30	7/2	6/30-7/2	6/18-27
Barack Obama	60%	44%	57%	53%
John McCain	29%	46%	35%	25%
Bob Barr	-	4%	-	-
Details	Link	Link	Link	Link

The electoral race continues to stick at around Obama 309 to McCain 229. Other compilation websites have slightly different numbers but come to the same conclusion.

RCP's tally without toss-up states is: Obama 304, McCain 234. EV's tally is Obama 320 to McCain 218. [...]

One state that may change soon is Georgia -- Obama is behind 2% in the Insider Advantage / Poll Position poll. With the large African-American population in Georgia, Obama could easily sneak in and swoop this state from the Republicans but he will need Bob Barr's help to do so.

Georgia has the ninth most electoral votes in the nation (tied with three other states) and a win for Obama would make it a daunting task for McCain.

GObama!