Quote Originally Posted by Catty1 View Post
This link shows how the 'other' parties are doing.

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/res...allcandidates/

One question - at the top of this chart, it shows Obama leading McCain by about 1%...but in other charts, like the stat sparks19 posted, there is a wider gap between them. So...it is really close or not? Trying to understand here.
Because there is the ELECTORAL vote and the POPULAR vote.

the nation wide popular vote doesn't really mean anything. It's the winner of each individual states popular vote that gets the electoral vote for that state. whoever gets the most electoral votes get the presidency