LOU WATERS, CNN ANCHOR: Looking beyond today, there are plenty of primaries to be contested and, of course, a general election in November. For a look now at some long-range polling, we're joined once again by Frank Newport, editor-in-chief of the Gallup Poll -- Frank.</s>FRANK NEWPORT, GALLUP POLL EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Lou, we can help set the stage for you for the results that are coming in today by looking at our latest results nationally. Actually, this is the poll that we just finished last night; it was Sunday and Monday after the South Carolina primary. We can look at Republicans nationally, and George W. Bush still has a comfortable lead over John McCain among all Republicans across the country. That little burp up in that bottom line, which is John McCain, came after New Hampshire. Been pretty static since that point. Even as of last night, as you can see, George Bush is still significantly ahead of John McCain across the country among Republicans. However, George Bush has been taking a modest hit in terms of his favorable rating among Americans. You can see we started on these bars over here in January, pre-New Hampshire, and Bush's favorable was 66. It's now down to 58 as of last night. A little down-tick in Americans' positive opinions of him. John McCain's numbers jumped up, and they are more positive than George Bush's at this point in time. The Democratic race is pretty static. Not a lot happening on that front. We've got Al Gore, who's still leading Bill Bradley all the way through January and up until tonight; not much will change, probably, until March. And finally, we can look at the big numbers for the primary next November: Here we find that Bush leads Gore but McCain leads Gore by much more than Bush. He's pulling in those Independents and soft Democrats. That's where we are. We will see what happens tonight. Back to you in Atlanta.</s>NATALIE ALLEN, CNN ANCHOR: Thanks, Frank.
Gallup Poll: George W. Bush Remains Far Ahead of John McCain Nationally After South Carolina Primary