November 19, 2008 - 10:52 am — Toss up — #1
Missouri, the last state to be called in the 2008 presidential election, goes to John McCain, giving him 173 electoral votes to Obama's 365. According to the Missouri secretary of state's office, the Arizona senator won by 4,355 votes out of 2,923,496 cast, the Kansas City Star reports. Those results are pending state certification.

November 12, 2008 - 3:34 pm — Toss up — #1
A week later the state has yet to be called for John McCain though he hold a few thousand vote lead.

November 7, 2008 - 9:37 am — Toss up — #1
As of Thursday afternoon, Missouri was the only state The Associated Press had not yet called. McCain was leading by several thousand votes.

November 3, 2008 - 2:39 pm — Toss up — #1
Obama has a slim lead in the latest SurveyUSA survey of Missouri. The Democrat is up 47 percent to 46 percent.

McCain's lead is a single point in Missouri in the latest Mason-Dixon poll.

Biden and Palin are campaigning in the state on Monday.

October 31, 2008 - 12:21 pm — Toss up — #1
McCain has a 3-point advantage in the state, according to the latest Politico/InsiderAdvantage poll.

October 30, 2008 - 11:56 am — Toss up — #1
McCain is leading 50 percent to 48 percent in the latest CNN/Time poll of the state.

Palin, Obama and Biden are all campaigning in the state on Thursday.

October 28, 2008 - 12:07 pm — Toss up — #1
Obama leads in the latest Fox News/Rasmussen Reports poll by a single point, 48 percent to 47 percent, the closest the race has been since early June. Last week, the Democrat had a 5-point advantage.

October 27, 2008 - 12:09 pm — Toss up — #1
A new SurveyUSA poll in Missouri shows the candidates tied at 48 percent with only 1 percent undecided.

A new Reuters/Zogby survey of the state shows Obama leading 48.2 percent to 45.7 percent with 6.2 percent undecided.

The latest NBC/Mason-Dixon poll gives McCain a 1-point lead in the state, 46 percent to 45 percent.

Obama leads by a single point in the state, 48 percent to 47 percent, in the latest Research 2000 poll conducted for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and KMOV-TV.

October 24, 2008 - 3:25 pm — Toss up — #1
Palin is campaigning in the state on Friday.

October 21, 2008 - 12:29 pm — Toss up — #1
Obama has a 49 percent to 44 percent lead in the latest Fox News/Rasmussen Reports survey of the state. In the previous two Rasmussen polls, he had a 3-point advantage.

Palin is campaigning on Tuesday in Reno and Henderson.

October 20, 2008 - 12:29 pm — Toss up — #1
In a new Suffolk University poll, McCain's lead in the state is 1 point, 45 percent to 44 percent. The Republican also led a bellwether county, Platte.

October 20, 2008 - 12:05 pm — Toss up — #1
The latest Rasmussen Reports survey of the state shows Obama leading 52 percent to 46 percent in the state. In the previous poll, released early last week, the Democrat led by 3 points.

McCain is campaigning in the state on Monday.

October 17, 2008 - 12:14 pm — Toss up — #1

Obama's lead in Missouri grew to 6 points in the latest Rasmussen Reports poll. He now leads 52 percent to 46 percent, up from 50 percent to 47 percent earlier this week.

 In the latest Zogby poll in Missouri, Obama leads 50.1 percent to 44.4 percent. In the previous Zogby survey, released in late September, the Democrat lagged by 6.

October 15, 2008 - 12:48 pm — Toss up — #1
The latest Public Policy Polling survey in Missouri shows Obama
leading in the state for the first time, 48 percent to 46 percent. In
PPP's previous poll of the state, McCain led by 10 points.

October 14, 2008 - 12:18 pm — Toss up — #1
Obama leads 50 percent to 47 percent in Missouri in the latest Fox News/Rasmussen Reports poll. The results are identical to last week's poll, but a month ago McCain was up by 6.

The latest SurveyUSA poll in the state shows Obama leading by 8 points, 51 percent to 43 percent.

October 10, 2008 - 12:23 pm — Toss up — #2
Biden is campaigning in Springfield on Friday.

October 9, 2008 - 12:02 pm — Toss up — #2
Biden is campaigning on Thursday in St. Joseph, Liberty and Jefferson City.

October 7, 2008 - 12:20 pm — Leans Republican — #4
Obama is leading by 3 points in Missouri, 50 percent to 47 percent, according to the latest Fox News/Rasmussen Reports poll. A month ago, McCain was up 6 points.

October 2, 2008 - 12:57 pm — Leans Republican — #12
According to the latest CNN/Time Magazine/Opinion Research poll, Obama leads by a single point in the state, 49 percent to 48 percent. In the previous poll, released three weeks ago, McCain had a 5-point advantage.

September 29, 2008 - 12:07 pm — Leans Republican — #12
A new SurveyUSA poll shows McCain leading in the state 48 percent to 46 percent.

September 26, 2008 - 12:21 pm — Leans Republican — #12
A new Post-Dispatch/KMOV-TV poll shows McCain leading a single point, 47 percent to 46 percent. A week earlier, McCain led by 4 points in the poll.

September 18, 2008 - 1:09 pm — Leans Republican — #12
According to a University of Wisconsin Advertising Project study, Obama outspent McCain on television advertising in Missouri $504,000 to $353,000 between Sept. 6 and Sept. 13, The New York Times is reporting.

September 15, 2008 - 10:37 am — Leans Republican — #13
McCain is still holding tight in his lead here, according to two polls out last week. Rasmussen and CNN/Time Magazine both give McCain a five point lead, just outside of the margin of error.

August 17, 2008 - 5:15 pm — Leans Republican — #11
Surrogates for Obama are in the Show Me State pushing the Illinois Democrat's presidential bid. As the News-Leader reports, U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow toured a Kansas City auto plant on Aug. 14 and a Springfield union hall on Aug. 15. On Aug. 18, U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, former Gov. Roger Wilson and former U.S. Sen. Jean Carnahan will begin a five-day RV tour of the state.

August 11, 2008 - 4:55 pm — Leans Republican — #11

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch is reporting that Obama's Missouri campaign is bringing in his national veterans director, Phil Carter, for roundtable discussions Monday in Kansas City and Springfield with local military veterans.

August 9, 2008 - 12:59 pm — Leans Republican — #11

The St. Louis American says that an Obama voter registration drive in Missouri is targeting blacks and hundreds of thousands of voters are expected to register. The effort is part of Obama's Vote for Change campaign, a national registration drive to bring millions of new voters into the political process. It is a strategic decision to boost the pool of voters likely to vote for his message of change. U.S. Rep. William Lacy Clay (D-St. Louis) and co-chair of Obama's Missouri campaign, said he thinks Obama's strategy could make a difference in Missouri and other swing states in November.

July 31, 2008 - 3:44 pm
On Wednesday, the two presumptive presidential nominees -- Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain -- campaigned in Missouri on the same day for the first time.