Today's Newsweek poll has great news. Dems. are slightly ahead. Dem. enthusiasm has caught up too

[Cal33]

Today's Newsweek Poll brings great news, including a 48%-42% lead for Democrats: Obama Approval Rating Jumps, Democrats Close 'Enthusiasm Gap.'

But individual races are nailbiters, suggesting this may be the closest election ever. Here's a sampling of recent polls:

CA-Sen: 48% Boxer (D), 46% Fiorina (R) (Rasmussen 10/21)
CO-Gov: 44% Hickenlooper (D), 43% Tancredo (C), 9% Maes (R) (Magellan 10/20)
FL-Gov: 45% Sink (D), 45% Scott (R) (Sunshine State News 10/20)
IL-Gov: 42% Brady (R), 41% Quinn (D) (PPP 10/16)
KY-Sen: 48% Paul (R), 43% Conway (D) (Mason-Dixon 10/18-19)
MN-Gov: 44% Dayton (D), 41% Emmer (R), 10% Horner (I) (Rasmussen 10/20)
OH-Gov: 48% Strickland (D), 47% Kasich (R) (CNN/Time 10/15-19)
PA-Gov: 49% Corbett (R), 44% Onorato (D) (Quinnipiac 10/13-17)
PA-Sen: 43% Sestak (D), 43% Toomey (R) (Muhlenberg 10/21)

These races are virtual ties. That means your vote - and the votes of your family and friends - can absolutely make the difference. As they say on FOX, you decide.

1. Did you vote yet?

Most states allow absentee, vote-by-mail, and in-person early voting. Reports show Democrats are leading in early voting!

You can see the early voting calendar at-a-glance and detailed rules state-by-state. The Democratic Party will walk you through your state's rules and polling place locations at http://www.raiseyourvote.com.

Don't know who to vote for? If the new generation of Teaparty Republicans makes you scream, vote straight Democratic to say No Teaparty Extremism. If your TV, radio, and mailbox are overflowing with corporate-funded smears, vote straight Democratic to say No Corporate Slavery.

If you want to know who's really worth supporting, read local Voter Guides created by activists like you at http://theballot.org. You can also get invaluable information about complex ballot measures. Billy Wimsatt and Van Jones are fired up about this terrific project.

2. Did you persuade friends and relatives to vote?

You've seen Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, and Joe Biden working their hearts out to keep Democrats in office. But did you know endorsements from family and friends are more persuasive than Presidents?

[FrenchieCat]

1. Kick!

& recced!

[Cal33]

11. Many fhanks for the kick.. I think this news will cheer up many

of us.

[struggle4progress]

2. Overconfidence and underconfidence are killers for the next few days. GOTV

[Cal33]

15. Both sides will be doing what they can. One will try to make you

over- and the other under-confident. Just be yourself and feel the
peace within. Real peace comes from within, not without. :o)

[struggle4progress]

16. I'm not lookin for peace right now, I'm lookin to GOTV

[Cal33]

17. You can GOTV and still feel at peace within at the

same time. I know it's not easy, and I don't succeed at it
all the time either. But I'll keep on trying. Peace and
passivity are not the same thing. :o)

[Happyhippychick]

3. Kickin'

[LLStarks]

4. I'm trying to reconcile this poll with the 42% approval from Gallup. Not sure who to believe. nt

[whathehell]

6. Gallup just got called out for faulty polls a day or so ago, didn't they?

Frenchie Cat mentioned that the cable news channels were making "predictions from faulty polls"..Maybe that's what she's talking about.

BTW, she posted a shit-load of cable news contacts on LBN..I just Kicked and Rec'd her post so go on over there and do the same.:)

[Cal33]

8. The best thing to do, of course, is to vote and try to convince

other Dems. to vote.

[Cal33]

13. Try " Real Clear Politics Poll." It gives a list of eight individual

polls (Including Newsweek, Gallup, Pew..... and Rasmussen), and gives the average of them
all combined.

They also give news articles.

[samsingh]

5. this could still be an election with a reasonable outcome for us

[whathehell]

7. Reasonable being that we hold onto the house and senate?..I'd call that reasonable to good. nt/

[strawberryfield]

9. Newsweek has always showed the Democrats ahead

This makes me wonder about all those other polls showing the Republicans ahead. I am thinking that they have been bought off by the ring wing, so the cons can have cover when they steal the election.

[Cal33]

10. It could very well be. The Neocons have used every trick in the

book, and are coming up with new ones.

[spanone]

12. k&r

[Scurrilous]

14. K & R

:thumbsup:

[pinboy3niner]

18. L.A. Times/USC poll sees a bigger lead for Boxer in CA...

...and even better news for Jerry Brown:

New LAT/USC Poll: Jerry Brown's Lead Doubles; Boxer Keeps 8-Pt. Edge
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9378846

[Cal33]

19. This is great news. There never was a mid-term election as important as

this one. Eight more days!

[Cal33]

20. The latest I read is that Boxer is leading her opponent by 8%, and

Jerry Brown is leading his by 13%. I wish the same could be said for
some of the other states.