Here are the latest election polls. The Polls for Election Day show Barack Obama holding against John McCain. The election polls show McCain gaining against Obama but not in the states in which he needs to gain to win - the battleground states.

National polls put the range of Obama’s lead between 4 to 11%. But that really doesn’t matter. Rather it’s the poll numbers for states that McCain has to win, swing states, in which Obama is holding.

Numbers are still coming in. For all your live 24/7 coverage through election night, stay here:

http://news.lalate.com/category/election .

Here are the latest election day polls.

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POLL! A new stunning poll says 1 in 7 voters are still undecided for the presidential election, just hours away. A new poll says the undecided presidential vote is 14%, with 1 in 7 voters still able to be convinced of either candidate as their pick.

“One in seven, or 14 percent, can’t decide or back a candidate but might switch, according to an Associated Press-Yahoo! News poll of likely voters released Friday.”

Who are the undecided voters?

The poll says they tend to be liberal, white voters, who wanted Hillary Clinton.

“For now, their indecision remains intact despite the fortunes that have been spent to tug people toward either McCain, the Republican, or the Democrat Obama. Fueling their uncertainty is a combination of disliking something about both candidates and frustration with this campaign and politics in general.”

The same survey reportedly shows Obama 51% to McCain’s 43% with a 3% margain of error.

Of those 14% undecided, 40% might go Obama, 40% might go McCain.

Complete Election coverage continues here:

http://news.lalate.com/category/election.

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A new AP Associated Press presidential poll shows John McCain has caught up to Barack Obama! The new AP Associated Press poll is consistent with polls LALATE has been reporting on this October.

AP is now calling this a statistically dead even race - Barack Obama 44%, John McCain 43%.

McCain has taken back numbers against Obama among low income individuals, gaining percentage from people who earn less than $50,000.

LALATE had told you that the “Joe the Plumber” reference was resonating among some low income voters. McCain had trailed in the same poll by AP weeks earlier by 7%, worsening then by the economic crisis.

As AP explains, the key is that these people have a margin of error sometimes around 3.5 percent, up or down. So that could mean either candidate is in fact behind when the poll shows them ahead, and visa versa.

The poll was reportedly taken last Thursday til this Monday.

For continuing coverage of this and other polls here: http://news.lalate.com/category/polls.

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Harris County Texas has early voting today. Harris County early voting, covered at harrisvotes.com, is reporting record voting.

Voting early is easier than voting on Election Day, says Harris officials. Today voters can vote at one of 36 early voting spots; and then on November 4, you can vote only at your precinct.

“It allows us to focus on voters who have yet to vote and getting them to the polls” says Harris officials.

Bexar County reported today over 8500 votes have been cast, more than San Antonio’s first day in 2004. Large turnouts are being reported also in Harris and Dallas.

For more on the voting from Harris, visit harrisvotes.com

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Who won the Last Debate? LALATE has the polls in on who won tonight’s third and last presidential debate. The key number concerning who won is among uncommitted voters.

The answer: Obama.

Here are the polls coming in late tonight.

Obama vs. McCain

The CNN focus group
15% vs. 10%

A CNN poll of viewers (40% Democrats, 30% Republicans)
58% vs. 31%

CNN Independents
57% to 31%

MediaCurves.com
Republicans:
18% vs. 70%, 12% undecided
Democratss:
81% vs. 10%, 9% undecided
Independents:
60% vs. 30%, 10% undecided

Fox News unscientific poll
67% vs. 33%

AOL
47% vs. 48% , 5% say no one won.

NBC’s unscientific poll
84% vs. 13%.

What is LALATE’s take on these results?

Independents are heavily favoring Obama which is important.

Additionally, the poll results still show roughly 10% still undecided or unhappy with either candidate. With most polls in early October as reported here show Obama’s lead in the single digits, a 10% undecided vote still could leave this race up in the air with 21 days to go.

After three presidential debates, and one vice presidential debate, the highest watched debate on LALATE was the vice presidential followed by the second presidential debate. Now with the debates over, stay with LALATE as it delivers poll results and countdown to election day with live coverage, video, analysis, and exit results.

For poll results, click here: http://news.lalate.com/category/polls

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October Polls on McCain and Obama are producing different results. LALATE has the shocking new difference hitting polls this October about the presidential election.

As announced yesterday, LALATE NEWS is launching a new POLLS section where you will be able to see all the polls, unlike other news organizations that only report to you about their own polls.

The result : you see all the polls, you decide!

This first week of October, the poll results coming in are greatly different.

Here are new LALATE NEWS polling charts.

LALATE NEWS looked at three polls - CNN, WSJ / NBC, and CBS. All are October polls after the bailout vote and after the first presidential debate and vp debate.

Chart 1 above shows the lead by Obama against McCain, a large lead with CNN versus only a narrow nominal lead with CBS.

Chart 2 here shows the percentage lead by Obama against McCain in October, an 8% lead with CNN and a 4% lead with CBS.

Chart 3 here shows the percentage gain or loss by Obama against McCain since September, an 4% gain for Obama with CNN since September and a 4% loss by Obama with CBS.

LALATE NEWS’ Poll section for you to see all the Presidential Polls up to election day. Click here:http://news.lalate.com/category/polls

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LALATE has the new Presidential Polls in for October between John McCain and Barack Obama. One presidential poll this October is finding one result different than two other polls on Obama and McCain campaigns!

1. Wall Street Journal / NBC
Conclusion: Obama gaining with 6% lead compared to 2% lead two weeks ago.
Obama 49%
McCain 43%

2. CNN - Opinion Research Corp.
Conclusion: Obama gaining with 14% lead compared to 4% lead in September (date unspecified).
Obama 56%
McCain 42%

3. CBS
Conclusion: McCain gaining on Obama, Obama lead tightening
September 27-30:
Obama 49%
McCain 41%

October:
Obama 47%
McCain 43%

All polls were taken after the first presidential debate, vp debate, and the bailout approval vote.

So there you see the difference of the polls - CNN with Obama a 14% difference and expanding compared to CBS with McCain behind with only a 4% difference and narrowing.

LALATE’s Poll section allows you to see all the Presidential Polls up to election day, state by state, from various differing polls.

Click here:http://news.lalate.com/category/polls

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