aign ▁ ▁Pred ict ions ▁There ▁were ▁ 1 6 ▁news ▁organizations ▁who ▁made ▁state - by - state ▁predictions ▁of ▁the ▁election . ▁Here ▁are ▁their ▁last ▁predictions ▁before ▁election ▁day : ▁▁ ▁D . C . ▁Political ▁Report : ▁Republican ▁Cook ▁Political ▁Report : ▁T oss - up ▁Take away : ▁T oss - up ▁ ▁Elect oral - vote . com : ▁Le an ing ▁Dem ocrat ▁Washington ▁Post : ▁Le an ing ▁Ob ama ▁Polit ico : ▁Le an ing ▁Ob ama ▁Real ▁Clear ▁Polit ics : ▁T oss - up ▁Five Th irty E ight . com : ▁Le an ing ▁Ob ama ▁C Q ▁Polit ics : ▁Le an ing ▁Dem ocrat ▁New ▁York ▁Times : ▁T oss - up ▁ ▁CNN : ▁T oss - up ▁ ▁N PR : ▁T oss - up ▁ ▁MS N BC : ▁Le an ing ▁McC ain ▁ ▁Fox ▁News : ▁T oss - up ▁ ▁Associ ated ▁Press : ▁T oss - up ▁ ▁R asm ussen ▁Re ports : ▁T oss - up ▁ ▁Pol ling ▁ ▁During ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁summer ▁and ▁September , ▁McC ain ▁led ▁many ▁state ▁pol ls ▁and ▁many ▁by ▁ 5 0 % ▁of ▁over . ▁R asm ussen ▁had ▁McC ain ▁leading ▁with ▁as ▁high ▁as ▁ 5 1 % ▁in ▁September . ▁But ▁many ▁vot ers ▁in ▁the ▁state ▁changed ▁their ▁minds ▁as ▁Ob ama ▁later ▁gained ▁a ▁steady ▁lead ▁in ▁most ▁pol ls ▁taken ▁starting ▁in ▁the ▁beginning