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Julio Barreto
In August the Democratic and Republican parties will hold their conventions to formally confirm Senators Barack Obama and John McCain as their respective presidential nominees. Each candidate will also have formally announced his running mate in the hopes it will create excitement among their supporters and a “bounce” in the polls as the final push to the White House begins. Many national polls will be taken offering snap shots of which candidate is leading at that moment in time. However it is our advice to readers of aviewfromdc to be cautious in placing too much emphasis on the national polls.Observers should focus their attention on state polls to get a true gauge of the race’s final result. For months national polls indicated Hillary Clinton would win the Democratic nomination. Her campaign...
