Despite all the hype to the contrary from the press, the Presidential race is still extremely close.
This Harris poll, from September 9-13, puts Kerry in the lead nationally, 48 to 47 (with 2 for Nader and a 4 percent error margin). Well, folks, that's a dead heat.
But, of course, the national poll is meaningless. As we all know, even if Kerry gets, say, half a million more votes than Bush -- just like Gore did four years ago -- Bush can still become president. Yeah. So, we have to look at every state when it's this close.
Slate magazine has an excellent Election Scorecard (updated daily), color coded, so that you can see how the election would go if it were held today. It's still a complete toss up. It looks like states such as Ohio, Florida, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Colorado (to name a few) are crucial. If you haven't registered to vote and you are an eriklove.com reader in one of these states -- get yourself down to city hall right now and make sure your voice is heard in November.
This Harris poll, from September 9-13, puts Kerry in the lead nationally, 48 to 47 (with 2 for Nader and a 4 percent error margin). Well, folks, that's a dead heat.
But, of course, the national poll is meaningless. As we all know, even if Kerry gets, say, half a million more votes than Bush -- just like Gore did four years ago -- Bush can still become president. Yeah. So, we have to look at every state when it's this close.
Slate magazine has an excellent Election Scorecard (updated daily), color coded, so that you can see how the election would go if it were held today. It's still a complete toss up. It looks like states such as Ohio, Florida, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Colorado (to name a few) are crucial. If you haven't registered to vote and you are an eriklove.com reader in one of these states -- get yourself down to city hall right now and make sure your voice is heard in November.
If you go to http://www.electoral-vote.com/ they have an even better scorecard.
-Dave
(http://dworin.com)