Daily Kos Elections Polling Wrap: A load of national polls, plus numbers from underreported locales

If you had been waiting on pins and needles for the state of play in the pivotal Vermont gubernatorial election, or wondering which Democrat had the edge in the (legitimately) competitive open seat in NM-01, today was your day.

Amid other presidential polling (including three new national polls in addition to the daily trackers), the downballot races get a deserved glance today, as well.

On to the numbers:

PRESIDENTIAL GENERAL ELECTION TRIAL HEATS:

NATIONAL (ABC/Washington Post): Obama d. Romney (49-46)

NATIONAL (Gallup Tracking): Obama tied with Romney (46-46)

NATIONAL (NBC/WSJ): Obama d. Romney (47-43)

NATIONAL (PPP for Daily Kos/SEIU): Obama d. Romney (47-46)

NATIONAL (Rasmussen Tracking): Obama d. Romney (46-44)

NORTH CAROLINA (SurveyUSA): Romney d. Obama (45-44)

PENNSYLVANIA (PPP): Obama d. Romney (50-42)

DOWNBALLOT POLLING:

AZ-SEN (PPP): Jeff Flake (R) 48, Richard Carmona (D) 35; Wil Cardon (R) 40, Carmona 37

AZ-SEN--R (PPP): Jeff Flake 42, Wil Cardon 20

HI-SEN--D (Public Strategy Group for Case): Ed Case 46, Mazie Hirono 45

MA-SEN (Hartstad Research for the DSCC): Elizabeth Warren (D) 46, Sen. Scott Brown (R) 46

NJ-09--D (Garin-Hart-Yang for Pascrell): Steve Rothman 44, Bill Pascrell 43

NM-01--D (GQR for Lujan-Grisham): Eric Griego 35, Michelle Lujan-Grisham 35, Marty Chavez 23

NC-GOV (SurveyUSA): Pat McCrory (R) 44, Walter Dalton (D) 39, Barbara Howe (Lib) 7

VT-GOV (Castleton State College for WCAX-TV): Gov. Peter Shumlin (D) 60, Randy Brock (R) 27

WI-GOV (GQR for We Are Wisconsin): Gov. Scott Walker (R) 50, Tom Barrett (D) 47

A few thoughts, as always, await you just past the jump...