IN-Research2000: Race now a complete tie

[Tender Branson]

Obama - 46%
McCain - 46%

Obama leads 88-7 among Democrats, McCain 83-7 among Republicans and Obama 51-40 among Independents. Whites go for McCain 51-41, African-Americans for Obama 88-4.

The Research 2000 Indiana Poll was conducted from September 29 through October 3, 2008. A total of 800 likely voters who vote regularly in state elections were interviewed statewide by telephone. The margin for error, according to standards customarily used by statisticians, is no more than plus or minus 3.5% percentage points.

SAMPLE FIGURES:

Men                                           384         (48%)               
Women                                     416         (52%)

Democrats                                 288         (36%)   
Republicans                              336         (42%)     
Other                                        176          (22%)

White                                        696         (87%)
Black                                          81          (10%)
Other                                          23           (3%)

18-29                                        144          (18%)
30-44                                        248          (31%)
45-59                                        208          (26%)
60+                                           200          (25%)

http://www.wishtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=9134022

[Tender Branson]

Very cool ... There's a great chance this isn't called right after poll closing time

[Tender Branson]

I'm sure somebody has already asked this question and has already answered it, however I feel that it needs to be answered once more for my benefit. How the hell is Barack Obama tied with John McCain in Indiana, when John Kerry lost Indiana back in 2004 by nearly twenty percentage points? In my books, Obama does not seem like the type that would appeal to those in the Hoosier State.

The great voters of Indiana may actually support the candidate that is making an effort for their state, unless McCain, who's doing so just to defend it. Coupled with the fact that 2004 was a war election and this is an economic election and the fact that Obama has far higher favorables than Kerry as well as the incompetence of the GOP on all fronts in recent years you come to this result.