John McCain’s lead over Barack Obama in Alaska has changed little over the past three weeks. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state finds McCain ahead 57% to 41%.

John McCain’s lead has been cut by over half in Alaska, but he still leads Barack Obama by 15 points, 55% to 40%, in the latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of voters in the state.

John McCain’s selection of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate has made a huge difference in her home state.

The indictment of Alaska Senator Ted Stevens has given the Republicans a big hill to climb in the Alaska Senate race but has not shaken up the campaign for Alaska’s three Electoral College votes.

John McCain still has a very modest lead over Barack Obama in Alaska, but the traditionally Republican state still remains surprisingly competitive. A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey has found that McCain now leads Obama 45% to 40%.

In one of the bigger surprises of Election 2008, early polling shows Barack Obama as potentially competitive in Alaska.

The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Alaska voters finds John McCain earning 50% of the vote while Barack Obama attracts 41%. Four percent (4%) say they’d vote for some other candidate while another 4% are not sure.

It’s no surprise that John McCain leads Hillary Clinton by twenty-five percentage points in Alaska. After all, George W. Bush won the state by twenty-five points in Election 2004 and by thirty-one points four years earlier.