Latest Polling on 2008 Senate Campaigns

November 3, 2008

N.B. This listing includes mostly media and public polls; party or candidate polls are generally not used unless other polls are unavailable. This listing also tries to avoid automated polls such as Rasmussen except if there is no alternative or to provide alternative numbers. Because all polls have a margin of error in their numbers, they 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.  Numbers may not add up to precisely 100% due to rounding.

Alabama
65% - Sen. Jeff Sessions (R)
32% - Vivian Davis Figures (D)
3% - Undecided
Survey USA poll conducted October 27 - 28, 2008 – 650 likely voters

Alaska
58% - Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich (D)
36% - Sen. Ted Stevens (R)
6% - Undecided, other
Research 2000 poll conducted October 28 - 30, 2008 for Daily Kos - 600 likely voters

Colorado
53% - Rep. Mark Udall (D)
43% - ex-Rep. Bob Schaffer (R)  
4% - Undecided, other
CNN/Time poll conducted October 23 - 28, 2008 - 690 likely voters

47% - Rep. Mark Udall (D)
43% - ex-Rep. Bob Schaffer (R)  
10% - Undecided, other
NBC News/Denver Post poll conducted October 28 - 29, 2008 by Mason Dixon- 625 likely voters

Delaware
65% - Sen. Joseph Biden (D)
29% - Christine O'Donnell (R)
6% - Undecided, other
West Chester University poll conducted October 6 -8, 2008 – 429 likely voters

Georgia
53% - Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R)
44% - Jim Martin (D)
2% - Undecided, other
CNN/Time/Opinion Research Corp. poll conducted October 23 - 28, 2008 - 690 likely voters

47% - Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R)
46% - Jim Martin (D)
5% - Undecided, other
Research 2000 poll conducted October 28 - 30, 2008 for Daily Kos - 600 likely voters

*If no candidate receives 50% plus 1 vote of the total cast, there will be a runoff election a month later.

Idaho
56% - Lt. Gov. James Risch (R)
33% - ex-Rep. Larry LaRocco (D)
11% - Undecided, other
Research 2000 poll conducted September 16 - 17, 2008 for Daily Kos - 500 likely voters

Illinois
59% - Sen. Dick Durbin (D)
34% - Steve Sauerberg (R)
7% - Undecided
Research 2000 poll conducted October 20 - 23, 2008 - 800 likely voters

Iowa
57% - Sen. Tom Harkin (D)
31% - Christopher Reed (R)
12% - Undecided, other
Des Moines Register poll conducted October 28 - 31, 2008 by Selzer & Co. - 814 likely voters

Kansas
60% - Sen. Pat Roberts (R)
33% - former Rep. Jim Slattery (D)
7% - Undecided
Survey USA poll conducted October 27 - 28, 2008 - 626 likely voters

Kentucky
47% - Sen. Mitch McConnell (R)
42% - Bruce Lunsford (D)
11% - Undecided, other
Louisville Courier Journal poll conducted October 27 - 29, 2008 - 817 likely voters

Louisiana
49% - Sen. Mary Landrieu (D)
34% - State Treasurer John Kennedy (R)
18% - Undecided, other
Loyola University/Edward F. Renwick poll conducted October 24 - 26, 2008 - 500 registered voters

Maine
54% - Sen. Susan Collins (R)
42% - Rep. Tom Allen (D)
4% - Undecided
Critical Insights poll conducted October 16 - 19, 2008 - 443 likely voters

Massachusetts
56% - Rep. John Kerry (D)
19% - Jeff Beatty (R)
25% - Undecided, other
Suffolk/7News poll conducted October 20 - 22, 2008 – 400 registered voters

Michigan
53% - Sen. Carl Levin (D)
32% - state rep. Jack Hoogendyk (R)
15% - Undecided
Detroit Free Press/WDIV-TV poll conducted October 28 - 31, 2008 - 600 likely voters

Minnesota
42% - Al Franken (D)
38% - Rep. Norm Coleman (R)
15% - Dean Barkley (I)
5% - Undecided, other
Minneapolis Star Tribune poll conducted October 29 - 31, 2008 - 933 likely voters

43% - Rep. Norm Coleman (R)
40% - Al Franken (D)
15% - Dean Barkley (I)
2% - Undecided, other
Research 2000 poll conducted October 27 -29, 2008 for Daily Kos - 625 likely voters

Mississippi
51% - Sen. Roger Wicker (R)
44% - ex-Gov. Ronnie Musgrove (D)
5% - Undecided
Research 2000 poll conducted October 27 - 29, 2008 for Daily Kos- 600 likely voters

Montana
64% - Sen. Max Baucus (D)
31% - Mike Lange (R)  
6% - Undecided
Rasmussen poll conducted September 7, 2008 - 700 likely voters

Nebraska
52% - ex-Governor Mike Johanns (R)
38% - Scott Kleeb (D)
10% - Undecided
Rasmussen poll conducted September 30, 2008 – 500 likely voters

New Hampshire
48% - former Gov. Jeanne Shaheen (D)
42% - Sen. John Sununu (R)
10% - Undecided, other
WMUR-TV/University of New Hampshire tracking poll conducted October 30 - November 2, 2008 - 831 likely voters

New Jersey
50% - Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D)
31% - former Rep. Dick Zimmer (R)
19% - Undecided, other
Monmouth University/Gannett New Jersey poll conducted October 29 - 31, 2008 - 801 likley voters

New Mexico
53% - Rep. Tom Udall (D)
39% - Rep. Steve Pearce (R)
8% - Undecided
Albuquerque Journal poll conducted October 28 - 30, 2008 by Research & Polling, Inc. - 1,002 likely voters

North Carolina
50% - Kay Hagan (D)
45% - Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R)
5% - Undecided, other
Research 2000 poll conducted October 28 - 30, 2008 for Daily Kos - 600 likely voters

46% - Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R)
45% - Kay Hagan (D)
9% - Undecided, other
NBC News poll conducted October 29 - 30, 2008 by Mason Dixon - 667 registered voters

Oklahoma
51 - Sen. Jim Inhofe (R)
39% - Andrew Rice (D)
10% undecided
Survey USA poll conducted October 18 - 19, 2008 - 561 likely voters

Oregon
48% - Jeff Merkley (D)
42% - Sen. Gordon Smith (R)
10% - Undecided, other
Research 2000 poll conducted October 27 - 29, 2008 for Daily Kos - 600 likely voters

South Carolina
58% - Sen. Lindsey Graham (R)
39% - Bob Conley (D)
3% - Undecided, other
SurveyUSA poll conducted October 28 - 29, 2008 - 654 likely voters

South Dakota
57% - Sen. Tim Johnson (D)
35% - Joel Dykstra (R)
8% - Undecided, other
Research 2000 poll conducted October 22 - 24, 2008 - 600 lilkely voters

Tennessee
59% - Sen. Lamar Alexander (R)
37% - Bob Tuke (D)
7% - Undecided
Research 2000 poll conducted October 21 - 22, 2008 – 600 likely voters

Texas
45% - Sen. John Cornyn (R)
36% - Rick Noriega (D)
19% - Undecided
University of Texas poll conducted October 15 - 22, 2008 - 548 registered voters

Virginia
62% - ex-Gov. Mark Warner (D)
31% - ex-Gov. Jim Gilmore (R)
7% - Undecided, other
NBC News/Norfolk-Virginian-Pilot poll conducted October 29 - 30, 2008 by Mason Dixon - 625 likely voters

West Virginia
60% - Sen. Jay Rockefeller ( D)
36% - Jay Wolfe (R)
3% - Undecided, other
West Virginia Wesleyan College poll conducted October 20 - 21, 2008 by Orion Strategies (D) – 600 registered voters

Wyoming 1
60% - Sen. John Barrasso (R)
35% - Nick Carter (D)
5% - Undecided, other

Wyoming 2
62% - Sen John Enzi (R)
35% - Chris Rothfuss (D)
3% - Undecided, other
Research 2000 poll conducted for both seats October 27 - 29, 2008 for Daily Kos - 500 likely voters