Democrat Kathleen Sebelius, governor of Kansas, has a higher approval rating than either of the state’s two Republican United States Senators — but her Net Job Approval of Plus 28 isn’t enough to give Barack Obama the state’s six electoral votes, according to this latest SurveyUSA vice presidential matchup table: On his own, with no [...]

Click the table for full crosstabs. Republican Mitt Romney, whose father served as governor of Michigan from 1963-1969, would help John McCain beat Barack Obama in the presidential election in that state, according to this latest SurveyUSA poll looking at Vice Presidential pairings. When Michigan registered voters are asked if they would vote for McCain [...]

Iowa Matchups: Clicking the chart brings up the crosstabs. Research conducted for KAAL-TV in Mason City.

Here’s the table of matchups from Ohio, where before asking about Vice Presidential possibilities, we find Barack Obama leading John McCain by 9 points. Research conducted for WCMH-TV Columbus and WCPO-TV Cincinnati. Click the table to bring up the complete crosstabbed results.

Here’s a look at our May 2008 4×4 matrix of Vice Presidential possibilities in Virginia. There’s a finite limit to the number of names we can test in a given poll; we’re aware not naming Jim Webb in Virginia (or Bill Richardson in New Mexico, among others) seems an oversight. Asking the same names in [...]

Here’s what the table of running mates looks like this month in California. Clicking the graphic brings up the crosstabbed results. Research conducted for KABC-TV Los Angeles, KPIX-TV San Francisco, KGTV-TV San Diego, and KFSN-TV Fresno.

Same 16 tickets, different state. In Pennsylvania, Obama starts with an 8-point lead over McCain, before we mention any possible running mates for either. Click the graphic to bring up the interactive crosstabs. Research conducted for WCAU-TV in Philadelphia.

SurveyUSA put together four potential running mates for John McCain, four others for Barack Obama, and ran the sixteen resulting matchups against one other in each of seventeen states. For good measure, we began by asking registered voters if they would vote for McCain or Obama, without naming any running mates; the VP matchups were [...]

Tuesday is primary day in Kentucky and Oregon; SurveyUSA will have fresh numbers out on Monday in the Kentucky Democratic primaries for President and US Senate, and in Oregon’s presidential and gubernatorial primaries, as well as in Oregon’s 5th congressional district races and the Portland mayoral primary. Also on tap for next week: Missouri’s Republican [...]

Two weeks to the Democratic Primary for President in Kentucky, Hillary Clinton remains decisively atop Barack Obama, according to this fourth tracking poll conducted by SurveyUSA for WHAS-TV in Louisville and WCPO-TV in Cincinnati. Today, it’s Clinton 62%, Obama 28%, effectively unchanged from SurveyUSA polls released on 04/29/08 and 04/15/08. Clinton leads in every region [...]