Second Big Ten election poll Thursday
The second Big Ten Battleground poll leading into the presidential election Nov. 4 will be unveiled Thursday at 3 p.m. on the Big Ten Network (Channel 73 on Charter Cable).
The poll, taken of 600 voters in each of eight states representing the Big Ten Conference, is co-directed by UW-Madison political scientist Charles Franklin, co-developer of Pollster.com, and Ken Goldstein, director of the Wisconsin Advertising Project.
The first poll came out Sept. 18, showing Sen. Barack Obama with a big lead in his home state of Illinois, Sen. John McCain with a modest lead in Indiana and the race a virtual dead heat in the other six Big Ten states of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Universities of the Big Ten taking part in the project include UW-Madison, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Northwestern, Ohio State and Penn State. Not participating are Minnesota, Purdue and Indiana.
Early results in the second Big Ten Battleground poll will be posted online at www.bigtenpoll.org early Thursday, with more detailed results on the site later in the day.
