Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has a slim 2-point lead on Republican rival John McCain in a tight White House race, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Wednesday.

Obama led McCain by 47 percent to 45 percent in the national poll, within the margin of error of 2.8 percentage points. Obama led by 3 points in Tuesday's poll...

Barack Obama's support from backers of Hillary Rodham Clinton is stuck smack
where it was in June, a poll showed Tuesday, a stunning lack of progress that is
weakening him with members of the Democratic Party in the close presidential
race...

Polls showing John McCain tied or even ahead of Barack Obama are stirring angst and second-guessing among some of the Democratic Party’s most experienced operatives, who worry that Obama squandered opportunities over the summer and may still be underestimating his challenges this fall...

A new survey finds that many Americans can't define the term "evangelical
Christian."

The survey -- conducted by Ellison Research -- finds that
although evangelical is a term heard often in news reports and the culture, many
Americans struggle to define the term. Thirty-six percent of Americans said they
had no idea what an evangelical Christian is; and nine percent said evangelicals
were a specific type of Christian, such as non-denominational, born-again, or
Protestant...

Pollster and political scientist Dave Woodard says the past week
has been a good one for John McCain -- but electorally, he says, the presumptive
GOP presidential nominee still has real problems.

Senator John McCain (R-Arizona) received positive reviews for his
performance at Rick Warren's presidential forum on Saturday, and a new Zogby
poll showed him leading Senator Barack Obama (D-Illinois) 46 to 41 percent. That
poll also showed that voters believe McCain is a stronger manager of the economy
than Obama...

An Alabama political scientist believes a surge in black voter registration in the state will not be enough to help Barack Obama pull off a "Bible Belt" victory in November.

The latest Rasmussen Reports poll in Alabama shows John McCain leading Barack Obama 55-to-37 percent in the Yellowhammer State -- despite a substantial increase in black voter registration in Alabama because of Obama's White House bid. According to The Birmingham News, the number of black voters in the state is up by more than 14,000 since 2004, and is expected to climb higher by November...

It seems that more progress is being made in educating the public on the negative aspects of abortion, according to the latest ABC/Washington Post poll.

Only 12 percent of Americans now have confidence in Congress, the lowest percentage in the 35 years that the Gallup Poll has tracked the number.

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- A second poll in as many weeks is showing that a majority of Americans are pro-life when it comes to abortion. Last week, a CBS News survey showed over half of the public opposes most or all abortions and now a new poll from Bloomberg News and the Los Angeles Times has found the same thing.