Barack Obama poll standings seem to stay on a fairly even keel, never going very high or sinking very low. If Barack hopes to pull ahead of Clinton in the election he may have more work to do as his poll ratings are far below hers for the month of September, but when looking at his standings alone he averages out and stays fairly even with few highs and lows in his running. Taking a look at usaelectionpolls.com you will find that in the News media polls has him coming from CBS News at 24.0% with the other major news media polls coming in close behind at 23.0% NBC, 22.0% Fox News, and 20.0% CNN.
Newsweek has been a steady decline with his first polling from Newsweek netting him a high of 40.5% back in January down to 23.0% in August and no polling from Newsweek in September. Obama’s high polling in the states according to www.usaelectionpolls.com is in South Carolina at a high of 27.0% and his lowest state polling is in New Mexico with a low of 8.0%. Of the 50 states only 14 states were polled for Obama for the month of September. Taking a look at the average in the southern states Obama’s high came in July where he had a high of 24.9% and has dropped down to 22.5% for September. In the west Obama started out strong with a 24.3% in January and has steadily dropped down to his lowest polling in September at 17.0%.