from Democrat and Chronicle
One of the country's top pollsters was in Rochester on Thursday and suggested that the November presidential election will end in an electoral landslide, even though the candidates are running close.
"Essentially
the election is at equilibrium," said John Zogby, president of Zogby
International. "This election will stay close until the end."
Zogby
said he thinks the race will turn in the last weekend before Election
Day and though the popular vote will be tight, the successful candidate
will win in a landslide.
He likened this year's election to the contest in 1980, when Ronald Reagan defeated President Jimmy Carter.
"This may be and probably is the most important election in our lifetime," Zogby said. "I don't say that lightly."
Despite two books by Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, Americans still don't know enough about him. And if they don't think they know him well enough by the time they vote, they'll go with the "comfortable old shoe," Republican Sen. John McCain, Zogby said.