McCain winning back Reagan Democrats, too

Jumping off the earlier post about McCain winning back unhappy Republicans, it seems he really is winning back some Reagan Democrats as well. (Just as I said he would, nyah nyah!)

Check this out.

Now, I’m not counting those votes until the election actually happens, but unless Hillary has an extremely well-trained bunch of supporters who are issuing idle threats, this is definitely good news. Stash that video in your dossier for the general election, y’all.

Meanwhile, SurveyUSA has a fresh set of general election polls up today. :mrgreen:

Electoral College Watch

Lord Bitememan pointed out in a comment that some states are moving from the D’s to toss-ups, with the latest coming in from New Hampshire.

On Sunday, New Hampshire moved from Leans Democratic to Toss-Up in the Rasmussen Reports Balance of Power Calculator. This change comes as a result of Rasmussen Markets data showing a closer race.

Remember the “President of New Hampshire?” Things might go well for him there, along with some other unexpected places.

Rasmussen’s latest “Balance of Power Calculator”:

Balance of Power Calculator - Electoral College
Safe Republican 168
Likely Republican 21
Leans Republican 51
Toss-Up 55
Leans Democratic 53
Likely Democratic 33
Safe Democratic 157

Here’s where it counts.

Thirteen states with 159 Electoral Votes are either a pure Toss-Up or just slightly leaning to one party or the other. These are likely to be the early battleground states of Election 2008: Florida (27), Pennsylvania (21), Ohio (20), Michigan, (17), Virginia (13), Missouri (11), Minnesota (10), Wisconsin (10), Colorado (9), Iowa (7), Nevada (5), New Mexico (5), and New Hampshire (4).

As of now, these states poll as follows: