There is no 'national' election.

That's a point worth repeating every time someone issues another national poll. That's why the most important numbers are registered state by state, not nationwide.

Ruy Teixeia had some of those state by state numbers up yesterday, some more agreeable to me than others, but this one I find simply delightful...

The CNN/USA Today/Gallup Poll of Washington state conducted September 3-7, 2004 has Kerry at 51 percent, Bush at 43 percent, Nader at 2 percent, and neither/unsure at 4 percent.

Hooray for the upper left!