According to Reuters about a poll it conducted with C-SPAN and Zogby that was released on Friday, "Democrat Barack Obama's lead over Republican rival John McCain held steady at seven points as the race for the White House entered its final four days. … Obama leads McCain by 50 percent to 43 percent among likely voters in the three-day national tracking poll. … It was the second consecutive day Obama's support has hit the 50 percent mark, and the eighth day out of the last 11. McCain's support has not surpassed 45 percent in more than three weeks of polling." As people are more and more into the polls, some voters are confused, I believe. Some of them are not confused -- just firmly indecisive. I would presume that some people who might change the course of the election are feeling weird about voting for Obama. You can call it anything you like, but voting for a black person is not something that Americans do in every election. These people who seem to be in favor of Obama may turn out to vote for McCain at the end of the day.
According to Reuters, "the Illinois senator held steady among several crucial blocs of swing voters in the Nov. 4 election, leading by 15 points among independents, 9 points among women, 5 points among men and 9 points among Catholics" in the poll.
"Obama led in every age group and among every income group except voters who make more than $100,000. McCain, a former Navy fighter pilot and Vietnam prisoner of war, trails among voters with a member of the military in their family," Reuters reported.
The Reuters article continued: "McCain, an Arizona senator, also was winning only 26 percent of Hispanics, a fast-growing group that gave Republican President George W. Bush more than 40 percent of their vote in 2004. … Obama has led McCain in every national opinion poll for weeks, and McCain also trails in many of the key battleground states including Ohio, Florida and Pennsylvania. McCain was on a bus tour of Ohio and Obama was in Florida, Virginia and Missouri on Thursday, trying to drum up turnout and win over undecided voters in some of about a dozen states that will decide the race."
Considering that Obama is ahead in "every income group except voters who make more than $100,000" and that McCain already hit Obama on his economic plan, which is to redistribute wealth in the United States -- which is actually a pure socialist economic policy -- it seems that redistribution is not something the average American would love to see. Even the word "socialist" is strong enough to make many Americans feel itchy. A lot of people are still making up their minds about who should be the next president of the United States of America. In the end, a poll is a poll, and people may change their minds at the very last minute.
Undergoing surgery
It is a personal topic. Everybody has his own drama, and I star in my own. Being a surgeon makes a doctor careless about the emotions of his/her patients. (I realized that I haven't seen any female surgeons -- are there any?) I have a hernia, and I will undergo surgery tomorrow. My doctor is talking about it as if it is as simple as putting some salt on steak. For me, waiting for surgery is a dreadful experience. I sincerely believe that the surgery itself will not be difficult, but you know how it feels. Wish me luck.
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