Research 2000 for Daily Kos. 7/21-23. Likely voters. MoE 4.5% (No trend lines)

McCain (R) 45
Obama (D) 42

A couple of weeks ago, Rasmussen had the race tied 43-43, and some wondered whether it might be an outlier. Obama campaigned in the state over the Fourth of July holiday, suggesting their own internals showed a race in the cards, but Ras had offered the only recent public poll in the state. This R2K poll now confirms the fact that yes, North Dakota is a bona fide battleground.

North Dakota Poll
July 21-23, 2008, 500 likely voters interviewed statewide by telephone.
Margin for error is 4.5 percent.