Results of Big 10 Poll

Results of the Big Ten Battleground Poll, which asked voters in Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois and Minnesota for their views on the presidential race.

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THE POLL: Big Ten Battleground Poll, of 564 randomly selected registered voters in Ohio (20 electoral votes.)

THE NUMBERS: Obama 53, McCain 41.

OF INTEREST: What the poll showed to be a dead heat in September has opened up, with Obama taking the lead. Ohio helped decide the 2004 election in President Bush's favor.

DETAILS: Conducted Sunday through Wednesday by landline telephone. The poll has a margin of error of 4.2 percentage points.

MORE: http://www.bigtenpoll.org/

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THE POLL: Big Ten Battleground Poll, of 562 randomly selected registered voters in Michigan (17 electoral votes).

THE NUMBERS: Obama 58, McCain 36.

OF INTEREST: McCain pulled out of Michigan earlier in October and this poll shows why. Obama's 22-point lead is up 18 points from the previous poll done a month ago.

DETAILS: Conducted Sunday through Wednesday by landline telephone. The poll has a margin of error of 4.2 percentage points.

MORE: http://www.bigtenpoll.org/

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THE POLL: Big Ten Battleground Poll, of 566 randomly selected registered voters in Pennsylvania (21 electoral votes).

THE NUMBERS: Obama 52, McCain 41.

OF INTEREST: Both McCain and Obama have spent considerable time courting Pennsylvania voters, but Obama's 11-point lead comes after the previous poll showed the state deadlocked.

DETAILS: Conducted Sunday through Wednesday by landline telephone. The poll has a margin of error of 4.2 percentage points.

MORE: http://www.bigtenpoll.org/

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THE POLL: Big Ten Battleground Poll, of 586 randomly selected registered voters in Indiana (11 electoral votes).

THE NUMBERS: Obama 51, McCain 41.

OF INTEREST: McCain saw a wild swing in Indiana, where the September poll showed him with a 4-point lead. Now he is down by 10 in this GOP state.

DETAILS: Conducted Sunday through Wednesday by landline telephone. The poll has a margin of error of 4.2 percentage points.

MORE: http://www.bigtenpoll.org/

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THE POLL: Big Ten Battleground Poll, of 584 randomly selected registered voters in Wisconsin (10 electoral votes).

THE NUMBERS: Obama 53, McCain 40.

OF INTEREST: The poll is the seventh this month to show Obama with at least a 10-point lead here. McCain has dramatically scaled back his TV advertising in recent weeks.

DETAILS: Conducted Sunday through Wednesday by landline telephone. The poll has a margin of error of 4.2 percentage points.

MORE: http://www.bigtenpoll.org/

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THE POLL: Big Ten Battleground Poll, of 586 randomly selected registered voters in Iowa (seven electoral votes).

THE NUMBERS: Obama 52, McCain 39.

OF INTEREST: McCain and his running mate Sarah Palin planned to campaign here later in the week. The poll shows Obama opening a sizable lead after the previous poll in September showed the two candidates deadlocked.

DETAILS: Conducted Sunday through Wednesday by landline telephone. The poll has a margin of error of 4.2 percentage points.

MORE: http://www.bigtenpoll.org/

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THE POLL: Big Ten Battleground Poll, of 572 randomly selected registered voters in Illinois (21 electoral votes).

THE NUMBERS: Obama 61, McCain 32

OF INTEREST: Not surprisingly Obama is strong in his Democratic-leaning home state of Illinois.

DETAILS: Conducted Sunday through Wednesday by landline telephone. The poll has a margin of error of 4.2 percentage points.

MORE: http://www.bigtenpoll.org/

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THE POLL: Big Ten Battleground Poll, of 583 randomly selected registered voters in Minnesota (10 electoral votes).

THE NUMBERS: Obama 57, McCain 38

OF INTEREST: Obama opened a 19-point lead in Minnesota, a state that polls had shown as being much closer last month.

DETAILS: Conducted Sunday through Wednesday by landline telephone. The poll has a margin of error of 4.2 percentage points.

MORE: http://www.bigtenpoll.org/