Democrats, Democrats, Democrats.
Though the election isn’t over, and things could change by Tuesday, that’s the trend revealed by Albuquerque Journal polls of all federal races in
In the presidential race, the Journal poll released today had Barack Obama leading John McCain by eight points, 51 percent to 43 percent. Some 5 percent remained undecided in the survey, which was conducted Tuesday through Thursday.
The big reason for Obama’s lead: He was ahead by a whopping 22 percentage points in
In the U.S. Senate race, the Journal poll had Democrat Tom Udall leading Republican Steve Pearce by 14 points, 53 percent to 39 percent.
In the state’s three U.S. House races, the Journal poll had Democrat Martin Heinrich leading Republican Darren White in the 1st District race by 4 points, 47 percent to 43 percent; Democrat Harry Teague leading Republican Ed Tinsley in the 2nd District race by 4 points, 45 percent to 41 percent; and Democrat Ben Ray Luján leading in a three-way race in the 3rd District race with 51 percent to Republican Dan East’s 23 percent and independent Carol Miller’s 12 percent.
The Journal’s Web site doesn’t include the sample sizes and margins of error for its polls.
One other poll to tell you about: A SurveyUSA poll released Saturday had Obama leading McCain by 7 points, 52 percent to 45 percent, with 2 percent undecided. The survey of 664 likely and actual voters was conducted Wednesday through Friday and has a margin of error of 3.9 percentage points.