This week SurveyUSA released the results of 50 separate but simultaneously conducted statewide surveys asking registered voters if they would vote for Republican John McCain or Democrat Hillary Clinton in an election “today.” Outcome:

• McCain 258
• Obama 280

When SurveyUSA conducted the identical research in October 2006, Obama carried two states and the District of Columbia:

To compare SurveyUSA’s October 2006 Electoral Map (above) to SurveyUSA’s current March 2008 Electoral Map, go here.