An article I found interesting regarding public opinion of Obama and McCain was called “Daily Presidential Tracking Poll”. I found it interesting how the two candidates were viewed by not only other parties, but their own as well. Overall, according to this article, the grand total of the vote percentages is in favor of Senator Barrock Obama. I was surprised to find however, that he did not win by much. Only one percent, with 51% of the vote in his favor. McCain claimed 46% of the vote. I was surprised to find this because I had thought that American voters had pretty solidly decided on Obama. The young generation, women, middle class, minority groups, especially African Americans. I would have thought they would have formed the majority of American voters that the upper-class, white, Christian and conservative citizens. But, this election is full of surprises and there is no knowing what will happen. We had our first woman candidate, our first African American candidate, and a Republican runner-up after the (very) debatable and controversial management of the office in the past 8 years. Ratings of voters for the candidates of their own parties also astonished me. Not as many Republicans favor McCain as the Republican nominee and not many Democrats are rooting for Obama. At least, not as much as I expected. However, this is an election full of surprises and I am very interested in knowing what America is in for for the next 4 years.
I found this article at the following website:
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/daily_presidential_tracking_poll
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