Poll apalooza, May 2008

by: colin

Sat May 31, 2008 at 09:11 AM CDT

As we all know, national polls are difficult to follow due to the widely-varied methodologies employed by each pollster.

Tables such as this are a fun way to see the often wide spread from one poll to the next.

Andrew Myers and Lauren Spangler at Myers Research/Strategic Services are brilliant pollsters who offer thoughtful input in the drafting stage and incredibly helpful analysis of the results.

They are insanely accurate and I've personally hired them for everything from a Sheriff's race to a Congressional race and worked with them on a handful of state legislative caucuses.

If you need a poll, check them out at http://www.myersandpartners.com/.

Check out the tables after the jump.  I have battleground state polling tables also compiled by Myers Research/Strategic Services if you have a particular state you are interested, I'll be happy to post it.

Clinton-McCain
Average (Past 5 Polls)     47.4 - 44.4     +3

Rasmussen (5/28)     46 - 46     0
Gallup (5/27)            48 - 44     +4
Pew (5/25)               48 - 44     +4
Rasmussen (5/24)    47 - 44     +3
Newsweek (5/22)     48 - 44     +4

April Average           45.6 - 45.2     +0.4
March Average         44.4 - 46.3     -1.9
February Average     44.1 - 46.3     -2.2
January Average       44.4 - 46.9     -2.5

Obama-McCain
Average (Past 5 Polls)     44.8 - 45.8     +1
Rasmussen (5/28)     42 - 47     -5
Gallup (5/27)            45 - 46     -1
Pew (5/25)               47 - 44     +3
Rasmussen (5/24)     44 - 46     -2
Newsweek (5/22)       46 - 46     0

April Average            45.4 - 45     +0.4
March Average         44.4 - 44.9    -0.5
February Average     46.7 - 42.8    +3.9
January Average       44.3 - 45     -0.7