10 Days To Go!

With ten days to go until the election, it looks as if Wisconsin will go to Obama.

While in the past, the elections have been extremely close (Kerry and Gore won by 1 percent in the past two elections), they have, in the end, gone Democratic. Earlier in the election process, there was a lot of hope for Republicans to win the state. Republicans surged in the polls after the convention, probably due to the introduction of Sarah Palin. Obama and McCain were neck in neck post-RNC. However, the fall of the economy has been hard on McCain and his numbers in the polls have been dropping in Wisconsin. While there are many different polls with different numbers, I am going to use numbers from Pollster.com, which currently has Obama with 51 percent and McCain with 41 percent.

Both campaigns have been focusing heavily on Wisconsin, holding rallies all over the state. Obama spent $185,000 on TV in Wisconsin to McCain's $60,000, which gives him a huge edge. Also, Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle has spent an a comsiderable amount of time campaigning for Obama. The Wisconsin State Journal has also endorsed Obama.