McCain Just Barely Won the Missouri Battle, But Lost the Electoral Vote War to Obama

Missouri, a traditional battleground state, voted just slightly for Senator McCain giving him 49.4% of votes to Obama’s 49.2% of votes according to established election results from Pollster.com. Missouri ended up not even playing a role in the 2008 election considering that the election was called in Obama’s favor before the results for the state were even in.

The Secretary of State’s website reports that out of 116 counties in the state, around 9 went to Obama, of these counties that went democratic were the states largest cities Kansas City and St. Louis. The voting pattern among different counties was similar to that of past elections in which the state has voted for the GOP candidate.

With no Senate race this time around the state focused primarily on Congressional Elections along with the Presidential Election. In the Congressional Elections both GOP candidate swept their districts, R Graves 52% to Bames’s 39% and R Luetkemeyer 44% to Baker’s 40%.

Tossup No More?

According to reccent polling McCain seems to be up in the polls in Missouri, but not by much:

Politico: McCain 48% Obama 47.5%

Electoral-Vote: McCain 48% Obama 47%

And still according to Pollster.com McCain trails Obama:

Pollster: McCain 47% Obama 48.4%

With one day to go, the winner is...

John McCain will take Missouri's 11 electoral votes on Election Day!

Obama Taking Missouri? 10 Days to go!!

There are ten days to go until the Presidential Election! Currently Missouri’s 11 electoral votes seem to be going to Obama. At present Obama has a 48.5% lead over McCain's 46.9% according to pollster.com’s “Trend Estimate” and is “Leaning McCain” according to politico.com’s “Swing Map” which calls Obama’s lead over McCain 48% to 45.3%.

Also according to pollster.com’s “Trend Estimate” the current Governor Election is:
Nixon (D) - 54.8
Hulshof (R) - 37.6

Missouri In Tossup Category

Pollster. com's "Presidential Election 2008" Map shows Missouri as a tossup!

The numbers on the site show:

McCain: 49.1
Obama: 46.3

Obama Tattling to Missouri Law Inforcement?

John McCain is calling out Obama once again. Politico.com's Andy Barr reports that McCain's newest ad is holding Obama reponsible for "asking Missouri law enforcement to crack down on misleading ads." McCain's newest ad points out the hypocrisy of this request by Obama, considering the "misleading ads" he himself has approved.

He Almost Does It Again-- Obama May Be Taking Missouri!?

Mike Allen of Politico.com wrote "Obama clinches on Rove map" on October 5, 2008. Reporting: "With 30 days until Nov. 4, Karl Rove projects that Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) would get at least 273 electoral votes – three more than are needed to win – if the presidential election were held today."

Also-- Chuck Todd, NBC News Political Director, discusses the very narrow and decreasing lead that McCain is holding on to in Missouri. Todd wrote '"we almost put [Missouri] in tossup this week."