Quinnipiac Polls Show Palin helping McCain in Swing States

The Quinnipiac Polling Institute is famous for its accurate and thorough surveys. The New York Post selected the Quinnipiac poll a winner for the most accurate prediction on the Schumer-D'Amato Senate race in 1998. The polls results are featured regularly in The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal and on national network news broadcasts.

With a presidential election just a few months away, the Polling Institute has provided many surveys gauging which way the election will go. Two recent surveys show Vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin giving McCain a boost in several key swing states since being named as his running-mate.

The polls shows Palin giving McCain a two to three point boost in the states of Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Colorado, and Michigan. While, in Minnesota and Wisconsin she has given him a huge 12 and six point boosts respectively. Obama still maintains a slight lead in all of these states with the exception of Florida. The polls found the main reason for Obama’s lead is the demand for change.

Despite the gains from McCain, Peter Brown, Assistant Director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, still gives an edge to the democratic ticket.

“With a lousy economy, an unpopular war and an even less Republican president, it’s difficult to find voters who don’t want change.”