"CNN polls show Obama gaining in battleground states"

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/01/battleground.polls/?iref=mpstoryview
Wednesday, October 1st, CNN polls showed Obama gaining battleground states. Florida, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada and Virginia are all most likely to vote for the Democratic Presidential candidate. The CNN poll of polls is an average of the new CNN poll and other new state polls. The recent CNN polls has Obama leading McCain by 4 points, in Nevada. In Virgina, Obama is up by 9 points, the 13 electoral votes are still a "toss up." In Minnesota, Obama has a 10 point lead and the 10 electoral votes are for Obama. Obama now has a 1 point lead in Missouri, and that changed because the 11 electoral votes are now included as one of the toss up states and the votes used to be for McCain. As of Wednesday, Obama would have 250 electoral votes and McCain would have 189. "The campaign season is like the hurricane season," said Bill Schneider, CNN's senior political analyst. "Florida lies directly in its path. Hurricane Obama hit Florida, and Hurricane McCain. Tropical Storms Biden and Palin made landfall in the Sunshine State. The impact? Over the last two weeks, Barack Obama has been gaining support in Florida." The most important state for McCain to gain voters of is Florida. If Obama wins Florida, he pretty much wins the Presidency. The voters important of this decision is the ones over 50, due to the amount of people over 50 in Florida, McCain should have their votes but recently, McCain has lost many of those voters as they switched to Obama during the economy crisis. The over 50 voters are also interested in health care benefits. The other important states for McCain to take control of in order to get back up is Ohio and Missouri. After he has gained those he will try to gain voters in Colorado which is another important state for him.