Poll Shows McCain and Obama Even in Two Battleground States

Recent poll results show John McCain and Barack Obama are now virtually tied in Missouri and North Carolina, while county results are showing that McCain is getting more support from rural and less populated areas.

Political experts are continuing to debate the significance of the continual stream of national and state polling results as we approach the final days before the election on November 4th. It seems that as the polls expand their coverage areas to include some of the less densely populated areas, they are finding strong pockets of John McCain supporters, whereas most urban areas still tend toward Barack Obama.

And while Obama seems to have a strong polling lead in enough of the key "battleground" states to pull of a comfortable victory, a loss in just a couple of those states could swing the pendulum back to John McCain. Perhaps more than any election in recent history, daily poll results seem to raise as many questions as they are answering.

Is there a white majority that may be (intentionally or unintentionally) misleading pollsters as to where their likely vote will be going? Is Obama's strength actually being under-reported, simply by virtue of the fact that the urban areas where he is strongest are only weighted as much as the rural areas where McCain's strength seems to lie?

All of the uncertainty is building toward a dramatic finish on November 4th, or perhaps beyond. And, once the winner of the 2008 Presidential Election is officially determined, the real drama will begin. What can/will a new President do to change the course of the nation, both domestically and internationally. What will we see when we look back on this election from 2012? All of our questions will begin to be answered on Tuesday.