November 22, 2008 12:21:54 PM CST
(Newser) – Vital swing states are swinging in Barack Obama's direction, the latest CNN poll finds. The candidate has opened up leads over John McCain in Florida, Nevada and Missouri, while widening his margins in Virginia and Minnesota. The boost has come largely from moderates impressed by Obama's debate performance and people fretting about the economy, according to CNN's poll director.
The CNN poll found Obama pulling ahead of McCain 51-47% in Florida, 54-43% in Minnesota, 49-48% in Missouri, 53-44% in Virginia, and 51-47% in Nevada. CNN estimates that if the election were held today, 250 of the 270 electoral college votes needed would go to Obama, 189 would go to McCain, and 99 are too close to call.
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Nov 17, 08 2:41 PM CST Barack Obama and John McCain met today in Chicago, and reaffirmed their call for bipartisanship and cooperation, the Tribune reports. The 90-minute meeting, at Obama’s transition headquarters, was described by the president-elect as a “conversation about how we can do some work together to fix up the country.” McCain, asked if he would help see that goal through, was clear. “Obviously.” More »
Nov 14, 08 5:08 PM CST Barack Obama has won a single Nebraska electoral vote in post-election counting, the first time the state has split the vote since a 1991 law allowed the practice, the AP reports. No Democrat has gotten a vote in the state since Lyndon Johnson in 1964. More »
Nov 14, 08 3:18 PM CST Barack Obama’s campaign is redistributing the wealth to the staff, the New York Daily News reports. The loaded campaign will give its troops a bonus equivalent to a month’s pay and allow employees to keep campaign-issued phones and computers, provided they pay the taxes. “It's a very nice gesture for people who slaved away and sacrificed for the past year,” one said. More »
In most states, Obama also won support from senior citizens and voters making more than $75,000. Those are two groups who may have been hardest hit by the recent problems in the stock market and the financial community. - CNN polling director Keating Holland.
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