- Opinion polling for the United States gubernatorial elections, 2008
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Main article: United States gubernatorial elections, 2008
This article provides a collection of scientific, state-wide public opinion polls that have been conducted relating to the United States of America (U.S.) Gubernatorial elections, 2008.
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Opinion polling
Democratic Incumbents
American SamoaIncumbent: Togiola Tulafono
Primary Date: November 4, 2008Poll Source Dates administered Democrat: Togiola Tulafono Republican: TBD Lead Margain 
DelawareIncumbent: Ruth Ann Minner৳
Primary Date: September 9, 2008Poll Source Dates administered Democrat: Jack A. Markell Republican: William Swain Lee IPOD: Mike Protack Lead Margain Survey USA October 27–28, 2008 62% 27% 5% 35 Rasmussen Reports October 10, 2008 62% 34% not an option 28 Survey USA September 22–23, 2008 64% 29% 5% 35 Fairleigh Dickinson September 17–21, 2008 61% 27% not an option 44 
MontanaIncumbent: Brian Schweitzer
Primary Date: June 3, 2008Poll Source Dates administered Democrat: Brian Schweitzer Republican: Roy Brown Libertarian: Stan Jones Lead Margain Public Policy Polling November 2, 2008 62% 36% not an option 26 Rasmussen Reports October 1, 2008 56% 41% not an option 15 Rasmussen Reports July 29, 2008 59% 35% 3% 24 Rasmussen Reports June 30, 2008 61% 32% 3% 29 Mason Dixon/Lee Newspapers May 19–21, 2008 55% 30% 2% 25 Mason Dixon/Lee Newspapers December 17–19, 2007 55% 30% not an option 15 
New HampshireIncumbent: John Lynch
Primary Date: September 9, 2008Poll Source Dates administered Democrat: John Lynch Republican: Joe Kenney Lead Margain Survey USA October 29–30, 2008 65% 28% 37 Survey USA October 4–5, 2008 67% 24% 33 Strategic Vision September 22–24, 2008 68% 23% 45 Concord Monitor/Research 2000 September 22–24, 2008 58% 32% 16 Suffolk University September 21–24, 2008 61% 16% 45 University of New Hampshire September 14–21, 2008 66% 17% 49 American Research Group September 13–15, 2008 62% 31% 31 American Research Group July 19–21, 2008 60% 27% 33 University of New Hampshire April 25–30, 2008 68% 17% 51 
North CarolinaIncumbent: Mike Easley৳
Primary Date: May 6, 2008Poll Source Dates administered Democrat: Beverly Perdue Republican: Pat McCrory Libertarian: Michael Munger Lead Margain Rasmussen Reports October 23, 2008 47% 51% not an option 4 Survey USA October 18–20, 2008 43% 46% 7% 3 Survey USA October 5–6, 2008 45% 46% 4% 1 Rasmussen Reports September 30, 2008 46% 50% not an option 4 Civitas Institute/
Tel Opinion ResearchSeptember 17–20, 2008 41% 43% 3% 2 Public Policy Polling September 17–19, 2008 44% 43% not an option 1 Elon University September 15–16, 2008 35% 37% not an option 2 Research 2000/Daily Kos September 8–10, 2008 42% 47% not an option 5 Civitas Institute/
Tel Opinion ResearchSeptember 6–10, 2008 40% 39% not an option 1 Survey USA September 6–8, 2008 41% 49% 5% 8 Garin Hart Yang September 5–7, 2008 46% 40% not an option 6 Democracy Corps/
Greenberg Quinlan RosnerAugust 20–26, 2008 46% 46% not an option 0 Public Policy Polling August 20–23, 2008 43% 38% 4% 5 Survey USA August 9–11, 2008 47% 44% 5% 2 Public Policy Polling July 23–27, 2008 46% 37% 6% 9 Civitas Institute/
Tel Opinion ResearchJuly 14–16, 2008 43% 40% 2% 3 Survey USA July 12–14, 2008 47% 46% 3% 1 Public Policy Polling June 26–29, 2008 42% 41% 5% 1 Civitas Institute/
Tel Opinion ResearchJune 11–13, 2008 43% 41% 2% 2 Rasmussen Reports June 10, 2008 47% 46% not an option 1 Public Policy Polling May 28–29, 2008 43% 39% 4% 4 Survey USA May 17–19, 2008 52% 45% not an option 7 Civitas Institute/
Tel Opinion ResearchMay 14–17, 2008 43% 42% not an option 1 Public Policy Polling May 8–9, 2008 45% 45% not an option 0 Rasmussen Reports May 8, 2008 39% 45% 4% 6 Rasmussen Reports March 20, 2008 45% 42% not an option 3 Rasmussen Reports February 26, 2008 44% 38% not an option 6 Public Policy Polling February 26, 2008 41% 41% not an option 0 Rasmussen Reports January 28, 2008 42% 38% not an option 4 Public Policy Polling January 21, 2008 41% 39% not an option 2 Rasmussen Reports December 19, 2007 39% 42% not an option 3 Public Policy Polling December 12, 2007 41% 39% not an option 2 Institute/ Tel Opinion Research November 12, 2007 36% 39% not an option 3 
Puerto RicoIncumbent: Aníbal Acevedo Vilá
Primary Date: March 9, 2008Poll Source Dates administered Popular Democratic: Aníbal Acevedo Vilá New Progressive: Luis Fortuno Lead Margain El Vocero October 30, 2008 31% 49% 18 Primera Hora October 24–27, 2008 38% 41% 3 
WashingtonIncumbent: Christine Gregoire
Primary Date: August 19, 2008Source Dates administered Democrat: Christine Gregoire Republican:
Dino RossiLead Margain Survey USA November 2, 2008 52% 46% 6 Survey USA October 27, 2008 50% 48% 2 Rasmussen Reports October 22, 2008 50% 48% 2 Survey USA October 13, 2008 48% 47% 1 October 2, 2008 48% 48% 0 Survey USA September 21–22, 2008 50% 48% 2 Strategic Vision September 14–16, 2008 46% 48% 2 Rasmussen Reports September 10, 2008 46% 52% 6 Elway Poll September 6–8, 2008 48% 44% 4 Survey USA September 5–7, 2008 47% 48% 1 Survey USA August 11–12, 2008 50% 48% 2 August 6, 2008 50% 46% 4 Elway Poll July 27–31, 2008 52% 36% 16 Strategic Vision July 25–27, 2008 47% 45% 2 Survey USA July 13–15, 2008 49% 46% 3 Moore Information July 9–10, 2008 45% 45% 0 July 9, 2008 52% 44% 6 June 18–22, 2008 47% 39% 8 June 9, 2008 50% 43% 7 June 7–9, 2008 50% 47% 3 May 12, 2008 52% 41% 11 April 7, 2008 48% 47% 1 April 2, 2008 47% 46% 1 Rasmussen Reports February 28, 2008 46% 47% 1 University of Washington February 7–18, 2008 53.7% 42.1% 11.6 Strategic Vision October 5–7, 2007 47% 45% 2 Strategic Vision March 24–26, 2006 38% 51% 12 
West VirginiaIncumbent: Joe Manchin III
Primary Date: May 13, 2008Poll Source Dates administered Democrat: Joe Manchin III Republican: Russ Weeks Lead Margain Rasmussen Reports October 20, 2008 71% 21% 50 Republican Incumbents
IndianaIncumbent: Mitch Daniels
Primary Date: May 6, 2008Poll Source Dates administered Democrat: Jill Long Thompson Republican: Mitch Daniels Lead Margain Public Policy Polling November 2, 2008 37% 60% 23 WSBT/South Bend Tribune September 29–30, 2008 46% 47% 1 Survey USA September 28–29, 2008 37% 53% 15 Rasmussen Reports September 17–18, 2008 40% 56% 16 Indianapolis Star/
Selzer & Co.September 14–16, 2008 42% 46% 4 Survey USA August 16–18, 2008 38% 52% 12 TargetPoint Consulting July 13–22, 2008 35% 53% 18 Real Clear Politics. Big Daniels Lead June 22–29, 2008 36% 50% 14 Survey USA June 21–23, 2008 45% 50% 5 Indiana Legislative Insight May 27-June 1, 2008 35% 51% 16 Beneson Strategy Group May 20–22, 2008 39% 46% 7 Downs Center/Survey USA April 28–30, 2008 49% 46% 3 WISH-TV April 23–24, 2008 45% 45% 0 Howey Gauge April 23–24, 2008 36% 55% 19 Research 2000/
South Bend TribuneApril 21–24, 2008 45% 45% 0 Indianapolis Star/
Selzer & CompanyApril 20–23, 2008 44% 43% 1 SurveyUSA April 14–16, 2008 47% 48% 1 Indianapolis Star/WTHR November 13–16, 2007 44% 43% 1 
MissouriIncumbent: Matt Blunt№
Primary Date: August 5, 2008Poll Source Dates administered Democrat: Jay Nixon Republican: Kenny Hulshof Lead Margain Public Policy Polling November 2, 2008 57.9% 38.4% 19.5 Survey USA November 2, 2008 54% 39% 15 Survey USA October 26, 2008 55% 38% 17 Rasmussen Reports October 14, 2008 57% 38% 19 Survey USA September 23–24, 2008 54% 37% 17 St. Louis Post Dispatch/
Research 2000September 22–24, 2008 49% 42% 7 St. Louis Post Dispatch/
Research 2000September 15–18, 2008 50% 43% 7 Rasmussen Reports September 11, 2008 54% 39% 15 Rasmussen Reports August 7, 2008 53% 42% 11 Survey USA July 29–31, 2008 48% 42% 6 Research 2000/
St. Louis Post-DispatchJuly 7–10, 2008 52% 35% 17 Rasmussen Reports July 7, 2008 49% 38% 11 Public Policy Polling July 2–5, 2008 47% 37% 10 Rasmussen Reports March 24, 2008 48% 37% 11 
North DakotaIncumbent: John Hoeven
Primary Date: June 10, 2008Poll Source Dates administered Democrat: Tim Mathern Republican: John Hoeven Lead Margain Rasmussen Reports September 8, 2008 28% 68% 40 Rasmussen Reports July 8, 2008 27% 67% 40 
UtahIncumbent: Jon Huntsman
Primary Date: June 24, 2008Poll Source Dates administered Democrat: Bob Springmeyer Republican: Jon Huntsman Lead Margain Dan Jones & Associates/
Deseret NewsSeptember 8–11, 2008 13% 77% 54 Salt Lake Tribune/
Mason-DixonAugust 13–15, 2008 9% 73% 62 Dan Jones & Associates June 16–19, 2008 11% 78% 67 Rasmussen Reports June 19, 2008 19% 66% 47 Dan Jones & Associates May 13–19, 2008 13% 77% 64 
VermontIncumbent: Jim Douglas
Primary Date: September 9, 2008Poll Source Dates administered Democrat: Gaye Symington Republican: Jim Douglas Independent: Anthony Pollina Lead Margain Research 2000 September 11–14, 2008 33% 48% 7% 41 Notes
৳-Denotes a Term Limited Incumbent
№-Denotes an Incumbent that Will Not Seek ReelectionExternal links
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