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Obama, McCain lock horns: Exit polls favour Obama
If the exit polls result comes true then Obama will be the first black-American to occupy the White House. McCain, the 72-year-old Vietnam War veteran however, showed no signs of giving up his quest for the post.
AFTER A long wait and series of debate worldwide, finally the judgement day for the next US President has arrived. Today (November 4) the US citizens will vote to choose their 44th president. Democrat candidate Barack Obama and Republican choice John McCain are locking horns for the most powerful post. Both Obama and McCain left no stone unturned to woo voters for the past eight to ten months.


The US President is selected according to a complex American Electoral System dating back to the 1800’s. The voters choose a number of state officials or party leaders known as electors, either Democrat or Republican, who will make up the Electoral College. Following the same centuries old system, this time too the 538 representatives will meet in their state capitals on December 15 to elect the next President.


Exit polls conducted in the recent times across the United States provided Obama a solid lead over McCain for the presidential post. CNN’s latest exit poll had given Obama a 53 - 46 per cent edge, a new Wall Street Journal, NBC news poll put the 47-year-old African-American Senator ahead on 51 per cent to 43. A Washington post, ABC news poll gave Obama lead of 54 per cent to 43, while Rasmussen said he was at 51 per cent to McCain’s 46.


If the exit polls result comes true then Obama will be the first black-American to occupy the White House. McCain, the 72-year-old Vietnam War veteran however, showed no signs of giving up his quest for the post. In fact, McCain claimed that he would stage a comeback to be the 44th President of the United States.


Obama – McCain fight for the presidential post is at the centre stage of the world. The opinions of the people across the world are divided. However, the Indians residing in the United States are favouring Obama as the next President. Obama is going into the final moments of his remarkable journey from political obscurity to sniffing distance of the White House. The Obama – McCain battle has narrowed to states that have been reliably Republican or Red in recent elections.


According to experts, Obama seeks to conquer the places where the Democrats have not won in years. The Obama campaign made forays into Kentucky and even McCain’s home state of Arizona. In Virginia, Obama is hanging on to a small lead and the same is said of Missouri, a traditional bellwether state.


On the other hand, McCain is hoping to wrench Pennsylvania away from Obama who is currently ahead in the polls. With Florida still up in the air, North Carolina and Georgia are now seen as crucial places which are going to make a lot of difference.


Some analysts expect that McCain can win Ohio, Virginia and Pennsylvania but still lose the presidential election because the wins here is going to be offset by losses elsewhere including in such states as Colorado, Nevada and New Mexico.


On the whole, the conservative estimate is that Republicans stand to lose about 25 seats in the House and between six to eight in Senate. If the Democrats manage anywhere close to the cloture-proof majority of 60 seats in Senate, it will be a shocking setback to the Grand Old Party.


Obama – McCain battle has reached to final stage and has become more interesting. Let us wait for the final outcome and see who wins the high profile game.
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. Ingenuity- Bradley effect is over. Peggy Wallace Kennedy, the daughter of the late George Wallace, the Alabama governor who once vowed to maintain segregation forever, is rejoicing.Kennedy, 58, voted for Sen. Barack Obama. She says she was ��mesmerized�� when she first heard him speak at the 2004 Democratic National Convention. Her admiration for Obama deepened when she learned he opposed the Iraq war. She even slapped an Obama bumper sticker on her car, even though someone told her that the prospect of an African-American president would have her father ��rolling over in his grave.�� ��I think Obama is going to be one of the best presidents we��ll have,�� she says. ��He��s going to bring the freshness we need. We��ve just been bogged down so long. We need this shot in the arm.��President-elect Obama��s victory Tuesday may be a racially transformative event. But for people like Kennedy, who came through the fires of the civil rights movement, it also represents something else �� personal triumph. Obama��s win validates the risks they took years ago. iReport.com: What does Obama��s victory mean to you?Some, like Kennedy and an entire generation of white Southerners, risked social rejection for renouncing the bigotry of their parents. Others risked their lives while leading civil rights campaigns in the Deep South. Some almost lost their belief in the inherent goodness of America because they saw so many innocent people die. iReport.com: ��This is the most wonderful night of my lifeThey are people , who led African-American voter registration drives in Mississippi during the early 1960s. He was a leader in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in Mississippi when three civil rights workers were murdered by a group of men that included a Mississippi deputy sheriff. He also helped lead an ill-fated attempt to sit African-American delegates from Mississippi at the 1964 Democratic National Convention, which was segregated. Moses grew so disenchanted by his experiences that he moved to Tanzania. He returned to the United States in 1976 and founded the Algebra Project, a national program that encourages African-American students to attend college by first teaching them mathematical literacy.��We seem to be evolving��, ��Ramesh Manghirmalani says. ��The country is trying to reach for the best part of itself.��
.There are numerous mistakes in this article. The term "exit poll" is misused as "polls conducted in recent times". Its actual meaning is surveying of people who have completed voting and are leaving the polling place. Also, the Electoral College was founded in the 1787, not the 1800s.
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