For the past several months I have been looking for an online electoral map that had updated polling infromation included. There are several polling sites that offer this service for the price of a subscription to their site, but I was holding out hope for a free site.
Well, thanks to a link on Taegon Goddard's Political Wire, I finally found the holy grail of electoral maps, and it's free. You can check it out here.
Just in case you're wondering, the current electoral race, according to the electoral-vote.com site is: Kerry 280, Bush 238. Colorada and Missourri are exactly tied, and so their votes go to no one for the moment. However, I have heard that in tied races the incumbent traditionally loses.
So, needless to say, this map is good news for Kerry, but we haven't seen the Republican's convention bounce yet. I suspect Bush will get a three or four point bounce in the national polls, but all this will probably level out in time for the debates. That is when things will get really interesting.
I know the need for an electoral map sounds excessive, but it really is a much more relevant barometer of the race than the national horse race numbers.