(CNN/Time /ORC)Polls: McCain forced to play defense in some red states

Source: CNN

Polls: McCain forced to play defense in some red statesStory Highlights
New CNN/Time Magazine/Opinion Research Corp. polls out Wednesday

They suggest John McCain is on defense in areas once reliably Republican

Barack Obama has a 10-point lead over McCain among likely voters in Virginia

Obama also leading McCain in Colorado, Florida


HEMPSTEAD, New York -- New polls out Wednesday in some crucial states that could decide the race for the White House suggest Sen. John McCain is having to defend himself in areas that once were reliably Republican.


A new CNN/Time Magazine/Opinion Research Corporation survey in Virginia released Wednesday indicates that Sen. Barack Obama holds a 10-point lead over McCain -- 53 percent to 43 percent among likely voters.

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"Obama is winning men and women in Virginia, and is doing well across the state east of the Blue Ridge Mountains," CNN polling director Keating Holland said.

It's a similar story in Colorado, a state that hasn't voted for a Democrat in the race for the White House in 16 years. The new poll indicates the Illinois senator holds a four-point edge over McCain, 51 percent to 47 percent. Watch more on if Colorado could go blue »

And in Georgia, a state that Bush won by 17 points over Kerry four years ago and that hasn't voted for the Democrats in a presidential contest in 16 years, the poll suggests only a single-digit lead for McCain, 53 percent to 45 percent.



Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/15/election.polls/

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Among likely voters:

COLORADO: Obama 51, McCain 47
FLORIDA: Obama 51, McCain 46
GEORGIA: McCain 53, Obama 45
MISSOURI: McCain 49, Obama 48
VIRGINIA: Obama 53, McCain 43
Dates conducted: Oct. 11-14. Error margin: 3.5 points.
http://thepage.time.com/2008/10/15/timecnn-battleground-polls-3/?xid=rss-page

I hope the voting matches the polls!

They certainly didn't in the last two elections. According to the international standard for voter fraud, both of the last two presidential elections were mathematically fraudulent.

That's your only hope! :-)