The Heart of Dixie — Alabama is one of the states where Sen. John McCain appears to have great hold. Yes, John McCain is having huge lead over the Illinois Senator, Barack Obama in the presidential race in the state of Alabama. That’s what the recent Obama McCain Alabama Polls state.

Alabama has 9 Electoral College votes. Two pre-election opinion polls, conducted in Alabama by Rasmussen Reports and Capital Survey Research Center/Alabama Education Association released this week, show McCain enjoying massive lead over his Democratic rival Obama.

Here’s what the McCain Obama Alabama Polls say —

Rasmussen Reports’s Obama McCain AL Poll, conducted on 31 July, shows McCain leading Obama by 20 % points — 58 % to 38 % among the registered voters of Alabama. The poll gives McCain 97 % chance of winning Alabama this November. The poll also shows that McCain has the support of 92% of Republicans and 9% of Democrats in Alabama, while Obama has support of 83% of Democrats and just 4% of Republicans.

Capital Survey Research Center/Alabama Education Association’s McCain Obama AL Poll, conducted from 29 July to 4 August, shows McCain leading Obama by 13 % points — 47 % to 34 % among the registered voters of Alabama. The results of the poll are based on the survey of 571 likely voters of Alabama.