Undecided Voters Still Lingering

Less than a day remains in this historic presidential election, yet many voters are still wavering back and forth with who will get the vote, Democrat Barack Obama or Republican John McCain. 5% of voters are still either undecided or could change their mind before Election Day.

A CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll released two days before the election in 2004 showed 3% of those surveyed were still undecided. In 2000, 4% of those surveyed said they were undecided two days before the election. This year, the most recent CNN/Opinion Research Corporation Poll shows the number of undecided voters is much smaller. "In our last poll, we only had about 1% who said they were undecided and only about 4% who said they might consider changing their minds. So there is hardly anyone left who could be considered undecided, or even persuadable," stated CNN polling director Keating Holland.

Both Barack and McCain along with their running mates are in the final stretch to try and persuade undecided to wavering voters to their side. McCain began with a rally in Tampa, Florida, on Monday morning and was then heading to Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Indiana, New Mexico and Nevada. McCain was to end in his home state of Arizona. According to recent polls, McCain trails or is tied in the states he is visiting, except for Tennessee and Arizona. Obama also started in Florida on Monday where polls show Obama with a tiny lead over McCain, 48% to 46%, and 6% unsure. Obama then headed to North Caroline and Virginia, two other states that Bush won but where Obama is leading this year.