Why are the polls so close for the presidential candidates?

Question

It seems to me that Obama should be well above 50%. He has outspent McCain 5 to 1 and he gets positive coverage from the press(They have admitted to the bias). Seems to me that it is a resounding verdict on liberalism in general. The American people don't want a liberal is what it tells me.

Answer 1

If you think your vote counts, you are an idiot.

Presidents are not voted in, they are chosen by upper elites from the corporate/banking community. If they had wide margins of difference say 30% 48% it would be obvious who was going to win and the news companies (CNN..etc) wouldn't have anything to report all day and probably be showing stories on Dolly the pony winning the latest pony beauty contest or something c**p like that.

Answer 2

Because Americans are spoon-fed information and aren't informed about the only candidate that will reduce the size of government, implement a foreign policy that will bring home our troops from 130+ countries, reduce government spending, get the Federal Reserve out of our monetary policy and truly, honestly uphold his oath to office by preserving the Constitution.

His name is Bob Barr.

Answer 3

I disagree with you on every point made . true Obama get lots of media coverage but if you had took the time to research the poll most of it is negative coverage of Obama but the media  continue to soft ball McCAIN on the issues and his many day to day gaffes .

Many of you naysayer have forgotten about the 4 millions new demacrated  voters who haven't yet tune in on this race . It will be a rude awakening at the polls this fall when Obama millions  of first time voters come out to defeat old man McCain  .So please keep beleiveing in those landlines poll because they are just media  hype.

OBAMA BY A LANDSLIDE 5%

Answer 4

Obama lost his lead when he took his far right turn after the Primary.

Almost as soon as Obama won the Primary, he became black Bush, the Democratic version of our right-wing, fascist president. He quickly sided with Bush on the government's need to spy on the public and supported telecom immunity which forgave, not only the telecoms for their crimes, but the Bush administration as well. Quickly thereafter, he did his little prostration act before the increasingly hated, right-wing, warmongering AIPAC. Before the public even had a chance to scratch their head in bewilderment, Obama was telling how he intended to increase the war in Afghanisan and widen it on into Pakistan. Today, he is busy supporting the Bush lies that Russia attacked Georgia when everyone that pays attention to world events knows that it was U.S. backed Georgia that attacked South Ossetia.

The public majority doesn't want McCain. The public majority is overwhelmingly liberal and they want a liberal President. They voted for Obama because he provided the illusion that he was liberal when they knew that the Clintons were wolves in sheep's clothing. Now, what we have all learned is that Obama is also a wolf in sheep's clothes. Even the right-wing Wall Street Journal mentioned several weeks ago that Obama was "running for Bush's third term."

The public still hates Bush and all of the right-wing Bush agenda regardless of whether that agenda is being promoted by Bush, McCain or Obama. It isn't that the public is warming to the right-wing doofus, John McCain. It's that the majority public has cooled to the right-wing Obama.

Answer 5

It is still early and voters are torn by the conflicting reports from the news media. I think we often get too much news and a lot of it does not reflect the facts.Liberalism appeals to those who believe every one should have every right not realizing that one persons freedoms may step on others rights. So where to draw the line. Conservatives do this by realizing that to be free, we have to give up something for the sake of others.Not all rights are good.In my lifetime I have seen the world change too much and see the state we have reached. So when you see the poll numbers it is reflected by the confusion people have over what they want and what they need.Apparently they would like to see a black man become president, but are not sure that obama will be the right choice.Money does not always buy the farm. If cash elected presidents, then only the very rich would buy the office.

Answer 6

Maybe American citizens are tired of seeing Obama's empty rhetoric on the slanted news media?

If McCain picks Romney - he will win by a landslide.  The US needs a more business oriented politician to help straighten out our economy!

If liberals win - the added taxes just might send US into depression.  

Answer 7

Because the country is politically balanced.  A bunch of moderates in the middle, and the left& right wing nutjobs on the wings.

Answer 8

We, as Americans, are Christian conservative. The party of the Christians is the GOP. McCain isn't the ideal candidate, but he is a member of the GOP and we will be voting for him. Obama does not line up with Christian ideals. The polls are showing Obama fading very quickly. I predict he will bottom out in the lower 30's before it's all done.

Answer 9

I hate to say it but it looks to me as if we have two people running which either could be bad for the country. I hope I'm wrong, but it is a trend that has been coming for some time now.

We have too many career politicians, too much old blood and need new ideas not the same old lies and promises.

America seems to be in a downhill spiral which is not good. We need to get back to how we were during WWII when we were a proud nation with a goal.

Answer 10

The more one pays to poll companies the more they get paid. Businesses is about making you customers happy. Politics, Polling these are businesses. Who is the party of smear, dirty tricks etc. ?

Well there you have it the very basic facts, you should be able to draw a accurate answer to your question, with little research.