Ohio Polls

With the election just around the corner, Ohioans are playing an important role in the future of this country. I've talked to a lot of people who've indicated that they've already voted by absentee ballot or in the early voting location. Ohioans seem motivated enough to make the special effort to vote early. This helps Barack Obama. Ohio voters who strongly support Obama are the people voting early.

Bloomberg is reporting that Obama has leads in new polls in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Minnesota:

Democrat Barack Obama leads Republican presidential nominee John McCain in battleground states of Ohio, Pennsylvania and Minnesota, according to new polls.

Obama, an Illinois senator, leads 49 percent to 42 percent among Ohio voters, according to a Columbus Dispatch poll of 2,262 likely voters released yesterday....

The Toronto Star has even more about Ohio:

....When U.S. President George W. Bush, after 9/11, told traumatized Americans to fight terrorism by out-shopping the terrorists ("take your families and enjoy life, the way we want it to be enjoyed,") Ohio folk clearly didn't get the message.

With 236,000 manufacturing jobs lost since 2000, and nearly 4 per cent of mortgages in foreclosure, they had other things on their minds. Mostly, the dramatic decline that Ohio's residents blame on Washington's neglect, and which has turned many away from Bush's and John McCain's Republican party, giving new opportunity to Democrat Barack Obama....

For many in Ohio, voting for McCain is like shooting yourself in the foot. Why would you purposely cause you and your family more misery? Ohioans like Obama because he is a man with a plan and he understands economics. McCain-- no plan and he just doesn't understand economics.

Today, Monday, October 6th, is the last day to register to vote in Ohio. We need to make sure that we pay back the Republicans for the misery they've given us the last 8 years.