This Poll Hive 2016 Iowa polls page illustrates the voting public’s preference in this often competitive Midwestern state by presenting an average of polls (aka poll of polls). The Hawkeye State with its six electoral votes could prove pivotal in a tight race. The majority of Iowans have voted for the Democratic presidential candidate in every election since 1988. There […]

This Poll Hive 2016 New Hampshire polls page illustrates the sentiment of this competitive northeastern state by presenting an average of polls (aka poll of polls). New Hampshire has leaned Democrat since 1992. There was one exception. In the 2000 presidential election, George W. Bush edged out Al Gore by a mere 1.3%. This wasn’t the only […]

This Poll Hive 2016 North Carolina Polls page illustrates the sentiment of this all important swing state by presenting an average of polls (aka poll of polls). North Carolina has typically leaned Republican. Since 1980, North Carolina has given all of its electoral votes (currently 15 electoral votes) to the Republican candidate in all but one […]

Virginia used to be a Republican stronghold. Virginia went Republican in each presidential election from 1968 to 2004. A couple of those elections were very close (e.g. 1976 and 1996) but several were Republican blowouts (e.g. 1972, 1984 and 1988). Things have changed. Barack Obama won Virginia by 6.3% in 2008 and by 3.9% in 2012. In […]

Since and including the 1992 presidential election, Florida has proven to be especially pivotal. During this period, no presidential candidate has won the state by more than 6%. Of course, there is still debate as to who truly won Florida in 2000 — hanging chads notwithstanding. By the way, the official record has it that […]

For a presidential election, history tells us that Ohio polls are important. The reason for this is that Ohio is a true battleground state. Since 1976, Ohio has voted for the Democratic candidate the same number of times as that of the Republican candidate (5 to 5). Not only that. Whichever candidate won Ohio since and including […]

In past presidential elections, Pennsylvania has, on occasion, been closely contested. As a result, it sometimes falls into the category of a battleground state. That said, the Democratic candidate has won the state of Pennsylvania in every election since 1992. So why bother with Pennsylvania polls? First, several of those Democratic victories were fairly close. For example, John […]

The following is a presentation of the ever evolving 2016 presidential election map. In fact, there are three presidential election maps — toss-up states included, no toss-up states and the final 2012 presidential election map. It is important to keep in mind that it is still early in the cycle and some state polling is […]

The table below presents the latest polls from the 2016 presidential election — both national and state polls are included. Most column titles and data should be straight forward. However, the table does use some abbreviations in the interest of space. MoE is short for margin of error, RV is short for registered voters while LV […]