8 Days to Go: Obama Up In Normally Republican Virginia, North Carolina, Surging in Ohio

A Reuters/Zogby poll ( slightly slanted Republican due to an allocation of party affiliation the same as 2004 when George Bush and the Republcan party were far more popular) has Barack Obama looking strong in the normally reliable red states of Virginia and North Carolina. They also show him surging in Ohio, but Flordia is likely going to come down to the wire.

Reuters/Zogby telephone surveys of eight battleground states show Democrat Barack Obama ahead in six. While his lead over Republican John McCain is less than three points in Florida, Missouri and North Carolina, these results still point out the daunting task McCain faces to reach the 270 Electoral College votes needed for election

With Barack Obama only needing to hold onto the states John Kerry won in 2004, plus the now strongly blue stats of New Mexico and Iowa (states that only went to Bush in '04 by a few thousand), a win in either Colorado, Virginia, Florida or Ohio would see Obama become next President.

Ohio
Reuters/Zogby
Obama 50, McCain 45
Obama +5

Florida
Reuters/Zogby
Obama 47, McCain 47
Tie

North Carolina
Reuters/Zogby
Obama 50, McCain 46
Obama +4

Virginia
Reuters/Zogby
Obama 52, McCain 45
Obama +7

Missouri
Reuters/Zogby
Obama 48, McCain 46
Obama +2

Nevada
Reuters/Zogby
Obama 48, McCain 44
Obama +4
Indiana

Reuters/Zogby
McCain 50, Obama 44
McCain +6

West Virginia
Reuters/Zogby
McCain 50, Obama 40
McCain +10

Virginia
ABC News/Wash Post
Obama 52, McCain 44
Obama +8