New polling from Virginia, North Carolina, Michigan and Oregon, does nothing to change the Electoral College projections of, the Rasmussen Reports Balance of Power Calculator.

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Wednesday shows Barack Obama attracting 47% of the vote while John McCain earns 46%. Obama has now held a statistically insignificant lead over McCain for nine straight days. Seven of those nine days have found the candidates just one point apart.

Thirty-eight percent (38%) of Democratic voters nationwide now believe that Hillary Clinton should drop out of the race for the White House.

The race for North Carolina remains close as the presumptive nominees from both major political parties begin the general election campaign season.

The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in Virginia finds John McCain leading Barack Obama by just three percentage points, 47% to 44%.

The latest Rasmussen Reports poll in Michigan shows McCain attracting 45% of the vote while Barack Obama earns 44%. Six percent (6%) say they would vote for a third-party candidate and 5% remain undecided.

The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone poll in Oregon shows Barack Obama leading John McCain 52% to 38%.

May 9, 2008--Rasmussen Reports has been tracking the race for the Democratic Presidential nomination daily for nineteen months… since November 2006.

The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in Missouri shows that John McCain retains a significant lead over his likely opponent, Barack Obama. McCain attracts 47% of the Show-Me State vote while Obama earns 41%.

John McCain continues to enjoy a solid lead over both potential Democratic opponents in Georgia.