Poll Shows Obama Beats Mccain Among Early Voters

[newsborn]

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama is leading his Republican opponent John McCain by 53 percent to 34 percent among early voters, a new poll indicated Tuesday.

The poll was conducted by the Pew Research Center among some of the 12 million voters who have already cast ballots six days ahead of the presidential election day on Nov. 4.

U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama greets supporters before delivering a speech in Canton, Ohio, October 27, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

At present, 34 U.S. states allow voters to cast a ballot before election day, either in person at the polling site or by mail.

The long October queues at polling places anticipate a tremendous surge in voter turnout over previous elections, and statistics from key states indicate an advantage for Obama.

Campaigns, voters and election workers have increasingly embraced early voting this year.

U.S. Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain is joined by U.S. Republican vice-presidential nominee Alaska Governor Sarah Palin (L) and her husband Todd (2nd L) at a campaign rally in Hershey, Pennsylvania October 28, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

Research indicates early voters tend to be more partisan and firm in their choices than average. The campaigns of Obama and McCain have encouraged supporters to vote early.

In 2004, 22 percent of American voters cast their ballot before election day. That is expected to rise to as much as one third of all voters this year.

Michael McDonald, a politic expert at George Mason University, said the early voting advantage for the Democrats may narrow because the Republicans typically start their mobilization efforts closer to election day.

Source:chinaassistor.com

[Chopper]

10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1...

Edited October 29, 2008 by Chopper

[sriracha john]

Tuesday

have

already

in

long

and

November

Democratic

no worries now... this thread is safe

[Kerryd]

10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1...

Not fast enough.

American elections

Been going on for over a year now, and have nothing to do with Thailand.

(ps: we get more than enough coverage on television. No need to repeat it all over again here on ThaiVisa)

[sriracha john]

(ps: we get more than enough coverage on television. No need to repeat it all over again here on ThaiVisa)

That Thai aspect is covered by "Tuesday have already in" cited in earlier post..... which.... weirdly... actually even sounds like real spoken Thai-glish....

[Moonrakers]

Please.

Elections should be a system whereas by the people vote for their country, not a chance for a nation to get all hyper nationalistic and make a big song and dance about it for the rest of the world to see. (We ain't interested in the show).

How long has this been going on for? Get on with it, vote and be done with it and keep it out of TV.

[Jingthing]

I agree its off topic but the heading is pretty clear. I wonder why someone not interested is interested enough to read it and post on it.

[Kerryd]

I agree its off topic but the heading is pretty clear. I wonder why someone not interested is interested enough to read it and post on it.

Maybe to inform a newbie poster, that posted this 22 minutes after joining, that this site is meant to be (predominately) Thai related ?

His (?) other post regarding a new version of MicroShit Windows is probably alright, though it's in the wrong forum.

(besides, it's a little slow in here right now)

[Mossfinn]

10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1...

1,2,3............... appears to have gained momentum

Then again ... at least the yanks currently have a currency worth having in their wallets!

Makes a change from the last year then

Moss

[endure]

As the man said - not Thailand related. There are 74 bazillion places on the net where you can discuss US politics. This ain't one of them. Closed and few posts deleted for good measure.