US Presidential election poll shows possible surprising outcome

Thanks Bobby for pointing out some home truths from your side, some people need to be told what's what. Further, a State that is less than 2 percent Black indicates their preference overwhelmingly for the "Black" guy - they have some intelligence after all! Secondly, it may pain you to know Bobby, but you guys (and Australia) have seemingly moved forward, we're possibly about to turn the clock back by voting in a PR Party, our National Party. It may interest you to know but they have very similar stances that the now discredited Howard and Bush governments followed, but the public are falling for it, laughably. We've just got a new Mayor in Auckland, John Banks (an ex-National MP), who suckered in his voters with talk of cuts in rates, only to turn around the other week and slash social services. The same will happen here, but on a Government level. It may further pain you to know that the last time the National Party here tried to win, with a lame duck leader, they took advice for their losing campaign from - amongst other nitwits - an ex advisor to the Bush administration. Sorry to disillusion you, but it appears we're about to lose our forward thinking for a bit. Some here don't appear to like democracy, they also want to throw out MMP, which is their only way in a Parliamentary or Westminister system of creating a blockade against single party-based Government power. At the moment, all views can be represented, and yet the public seem to think this is a bad idea, they'd rather a system whereby the main party gets to ram through policy unchallenged.

Alien: I will tell you something, and this comes from someone in the USA, deep in the heart of Tennessee. I find it hard to believe that either Obama or Clinton could be any more of a disaster than the bloody idiot we have in there now! I am a Hillary Clinton supporter and proud of it, and not just because of her gender. Maybe one day we might have the free healthcare and green political mindset you Kiwis enjoy, if she wins!

Alien, they most definitely aren't voting on whether it's a Black or White issue, this much should be obvious from a long analysis of statements, voter feedback, and numerous articles stretching far back to when they first announced their candidacy for the post. That much should be bleedingly obvious to those who actually read and follow this sort of thing. You'll find, if you care to, that quite apart from what you'd expect of the Iowa voters in this particular instance, that certain issues you might expect them to DISAGREE with, they've gone for. Why? Because these two have actually been dealing with such issues properly, forthrightly, and giving some uncomfortable answers - and some people, finally, are working out that unpalatable as it may be in this present climate, such answers are what they need to hear for the overall good of their country. And I'm certainly NOT talking about Clinton here either.

I have seen him interviewed 3 times and he hasn't convinced me once that he has it in him to be a president of the United States. I think Oprah touring with him has upped his chances. The actor who played `President David Palmer' in the tv series `'24' was convincing...but Barack Obama...nah! Here's hoping the American's vote for a strong president...not a feel-good one.

Alien...are you saying the current president is not a disaster?

I somehow think a monkey would be a better choice then the one they have now. So weather the new President is black or a women, they are most likely do a better job then the current on.

Yes, Alien, it's just because Obama's black. It's not that he's a charismatic politician with stances on issues that people agree with him on.

I fear people are voting not on who is the best person for the job, but on the status of either first black president or first female president. Which could lead to them having a disaster of a president.