Washington, Nov. 4 : Having already secured New Hampshire, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, continues to maintain a clear advantage over Republican rival John McCain, even as both made final appeals in battleground states in advance of Tuesday''s balloting.

The Washington Post-ABC News tracking poll showed Obama leading by nine percentage points -- 53 percent to 44 percent. That is slightly narrower than the 11-point lead Obama held the day before, but in general, Obama''s lead has held steady for the past several weeks.

London, November 4 : An advertising agency has turned U. S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama white, and his Republican counterpart John McCain black, in a set of ads posted around New York City..

The work by Ad agency Grey NYC also contains a slogan between the two “skin colour-switched” candidates, saying: "Let the issues be the issue".

New York, Nov. 4 : Republican presidential candidate John McCain has managed to narrow the electoral gap with Democratic rival Barack Obama in key battleground states, according to the latest Fox News/Rasmussen Reports poll.

But the overall results still leave Obama in a better position on the eve of the election.

Obama now leads in two of the battleground states while the candidates are tied or within a point of each other in four.

Washington, Nov. 4 : Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama holds a solid seven percentage point lead over Republican rival John McCain going into Election Day -- 50 percent to 43 percent -- according to the final FOX News pre-election poll of likely voters.

At the end of October, Obama led by 47-44 percent among likely voters, and by 49-40 percent about ten days ago (Oct 20-21).

New York, Nov. 4 : Republican presidential candidate John McCain has managed to narrow the electoral gap with Democratic rival Barack Obama in key battleground states, according to the latest Fox News/Rasmussen Reports poll.

But the overall results still leave Obama in a better position on the eve of the election.

Obama now leads in two of the battleground states while the candidates are tied or within a point of each other in four.

Washington, Nov 4 : Despite lagging behind his Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama in opinion polls, Republican candidate John McCain has said that he was still confident of his victory in today’s presidential poll.

He predicted his victory at a rally of about 5000 supporters in GOP-friendly northeastern Tennessee.

Above cell phone cameras on upraised hands and children perched on parents'' shoulders, the crowd waved signs saying, “Support our troops," ''''Save Our Coal" and "Remember Sept. 11 — vote security."