I don't think ANYone on this board needs a lecture about complacency- Go on and feel good

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Even Republican Karl Rove's electoral map-watch, with the state polls reported midweek, shows an electoral vote deficit for the Republican nominee.




On average, Democrat Barack Obama's advantage over Republican John McCain in national polling stood at 8 percentage points this week: http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/10/obamas_advantage_grows_on_aver.html

That's up from six points the previous week, Bloomberg News notes in a wrap-up of polls watched by RealClearPolitics.com.

And the average belies some big spreads recorded this week: The CBS/New York Times poll portraying a 13 point advantage for Obama, the NBC/Wall Street Journal poll showing a 10 point lead for Obama and the ABC/Washington Post poll showing 9 points for Obama.

In the more critical count of potential electoral votes, Obama also has built advantages in battleground states such as Pennsylvania and Ohio and an edge in GOP strongholds such as Virginia and North Carolina.

Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, looking at McCain's standing two weeks out, told Bloomberg: "No one has come from this far back in this little time."



ANOTHER POLL: Newsweek poll, national presidential race among registered voters nationwide: http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gnAeD1G3tcTSCg2_SQoM_cCRIqFgD941JTPO0

THE NUMBERS: Barack Obama 53 percent, John McCain 40 percent.

OF INTEREST: Obama's lead is as strong among likely voters, 53-41. Obama appears to be consolidating his support across demographic groups, leading in every age group and among men as well as women. In a reversal from April, when McCain led Obama among working-class whites 53-35, the poll found Obama with 46 percent to McCain's 44 percent. The survey also found that 62 percent now say they have a favorable view of Obama, versus 32 percent who have an unfavorable view.