August 18, 2008

N.B. This listing includes mostly media and public polls; party or candidate polls are generally not used unless other polls are unavailable. Because all polls have a margin of error in their numbers, the polls 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.

Alaska
GOP primary:
63% - Sen. Ted Stevens (R)
20% - David Cuddy (R)
7% - Vic Vickers (R)
10% - Undecided, other

General election:
56% - Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich (D)
39% - Sen. Ted Stevens (R)
5% - Undecided
Anchorage Press/KTUUJ-TV-KENI-AM poll conducted August 9 – 12, 2008 – 501 registered voters

Colorado
44% - Rep. Mark Udall (D)
38% - ex-Rep. Bob Schaffer (R)
18% - Undecided, other
Rocky Mountain News/KCNC-TV poll conducted October 11-13 by a Democratic and a Republican firm - 500 registered voters

Idaho
42% - Lt. Gov. James Risch (R)
32% - ex-Rep. Larry LaRocco (D)
26% - Undecided, other
Research 2000 poll conducted July 28-30, 2008 for DailyKos - 500 likely voters

Iowa
57% - Sen. Tom Harkin (D)
20% - Christopher Reed (R)
23% - undecided
Research 2000 poll conducted April 21- 23, 2008 for KCCI-TV - 600 likely voters

Kansas
50% - Sen. Pat Roberts (R)
38% - former Rep. Jim Slattery (D)
12% - Undecided
Research 2000 poll conducted June 2-4, 2008 for Daily Kos - 600 likely voters

Kentucky
49% - Sen. Mitch McConnell (R)
38% - Bruce Lunsford (D)
13% - Undecided
Research 2000 poll conducted July 28-30, 2008 for DailyKos - 600 likely voters

Lousiana
46% - Sen. Mary Landrieu (D)
40% - State Treasurer John Kennedy (R)
14% - Undecided
Southern Media and Opinion Research poll conducted June 26 - 28, 2008 – 600 likely voters

Maine
50% - Sen. Susan Collins (R)
40% - Rep. Tom Allen (D)
9% - Undecided
Critical Insights poll conduted June 1-27, 2008 - 602 registered voters

Michigan
58% - Sen. Carl Levin (D)
32% - state rep. Jack Hoogendyk (R)
10% - Undecided
Detroit News & 3 tv stations poll conducted July 13-16, 2008 by EPIC-MRA - 600 likely voters

Minnesota
52% - Rep. Norm Coleman (R)
38% - Al Franken (D)
10% - Undecided, other
Quinnipiac/Wall Street Journal/Washington Post.com poll conducted July 17 - 22, 2008 - 1,261 likely voters

Mississippi
45% - Rep. Roger Wicker (R)
44% - ex-Gov. Ronnie Musgrove (D)
14% - Undecided
Research 2000 poll conducted July 21-23, 2008 for Daily Kos - 600 likely voters

Montana
65% - Sen. Max Baucus (D)
26% - Mike Lange (R)
9% - Undecided
Mason-Dixon poll conducted May 19-21, 2008 for Lee Newspapers - 625 likely voters

Nebraska
58% - ex-Governor Mike Johanns (R)
31% - Scott Kleeb (D)
11% - Undecided
Research 2000 poll conducted May 19-21, 2008 for Daily Kos – 600 likely voters

New Hampshire
46% - former Gov. Jeanne Shaheen (D)
42% - Sen. John Sununu (R)
12% - Undecided
U. of New Hampshire Granite State poll conducted July 11 - 20, 2008 - 475 likely voters

(Note: A Republican poll conducted around the same time by American Research Group showed Shaheen ahead 58% - 36%, but this listing generally does not use partisan polls)

New Jersey
48% - Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D)
41% - former Rep. Dick Zimmer (R)
12% - Undecided, other
Quinnipiac University poll conducted Aug. 4-10, 2008 – 1,519 registered voters

New Mexico
59% - Rep. Tom Udall (D)
34% - Rep. Steve Pearce (R)
7% - Undecided
Rasmussen poll conducted July 24, 2008 - 700 likely voters

North Carolina
50% - Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R)
42% - Kay Hagan (D)
8% - Undecided, other
Research 2000 poll conducted July 28-30, 2008 for DailyKos - 600 likely voters

Oklahoma
52% - Sen. Jim Inhofe (R)
30% - Andrew Rice (D)
18% undecided
Oklahoma poll conducted July 19-23, 2008 for Tulsa World and KOTV - 750 likely voters

Oregon
45% - Sen. Gordon Smith (R)
42% - Jeff Merkley (D)
13% - undecided
Rasmussen Report poll conducted May 7, 2007 - 500 likely voters

Tennessee
60% - Sen. Lamar Alexander (R)
20% - Mike McWherter (D)
11% Undecided
Ayres, McHenry & Associates Republican poll conducted October 8-11, 1007 - 600 registered voters

Texas
44% - Sen. John Cornyn (R)
31% - Rick Noriega (D)
25% - Undecided
University of Texas conducted July 18-30, 2008 - 668 registered voters

Virginia
59% - ex-Gov. Mark Warner (D)
36% - ex-Gov. Jim Gilmore (R)
5% - Undecided Rasmussen poll released July 16, 2008 - 500 likely voters