More Grins, and some Giggles

SurveyUSA performed an interesting poll. Using robopollers, they called 600 registered voters in each of the 50 states to see how both Clinton and Obama would fare head to head with McCain in a battle for Electoral College votes, which, as we know from the 2000 election, really determines who will be president.

Both Dems beat McCain!

Here Clinton beats McCain in a fairly close race, 276 versus 262.

The result of an Obama-McCain match-up is really surprising, with Obama cleaning McCain's clock with pretty much a landslide victory, 280-258. Check out the result here.(I urge you to read the caveats and methods section on the SurveyUSA site to understand that this is merely a fun excercise.) Obama's theoretical victory is more wide-ranging geographically than Hillary's, with Obama capturing previous Republican strongholds. Take a look at the excellent Votemaster web site for more discussion.