Polls give Obama a clear lead

Source: Financial Times

Polls and pollsters pointed towards a near-unassailable lead for Barack Obama on Thursday, just 19 days ahead of election day on November 4.

Snap surveys taken after the last of three televised debates with John McCain on Wednesday night gave the Democrat the edge in the encounter by margins of up to 30 percentage points.

Pollsters and analysts say Mr Obama is now so well ahead of his Republican rival that it would take an exceptional event for him to lose. In the battleground states that will decide the race for the White House, he has a lead even greater than in the national polls.

Mr Obama, however, sounded a note of caution. “I’ve been in these positions before when we were favoured and the press starts getting carried away and we end up getting spanked,” he told a fundraising breakfast in New York.



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..he wants to keep his supporters motivated and work to get out the vote!

near-unassailable lead

and of course, that relies on everyone going out to vote, thenb eing allowed to vote, and then all the votes being counted properly

.... work harder than ever before to make sure that people vote early.

we have to work very hard to make sure people vote. Polls are one thing, actually voting is another and I fear that with voter suppression and purging of registered voters they are using tactics that will keep people away from the polls. It is a good feeling and good momentum, let's all keep it going through Nov 4th!

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-Laelth

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-Laelth