Today I double checked my voter registration. I’m not going to be voting in Connecticut like a lot of my friends. Rather, I’ll be voting in Ohio (absentee) where theoretically my vote will “count” for more. Granted I’m only voting once… so why does my vote count for more?

In a perfect system, my one Ohio vote would weigh the same as one Connecticut vote. But in reality, due to the electoral process, my vote could decide the election. That is a little bit of pressure for me.

Lots of people say that one vote doesn’t matter but I did a little research on issues passed on one vote…

BY ONE VOTE — Thomas Jefferson was elected president over Aaron Burr after the vote went to the House of Representatives

BY ONE VOTE — George W. Bush was elected president over Al Gore after the vote went to the Supreme Court

BY ONE VOTE — Andrew Johnson was acquitted on impeachment charges after the required vote failed to get a two-thirds majority

September 30 was the turning for Obama in Ohio. That was the day after the first debate when Obama clearly dominated McCain (unless you work for Fox News). According to Yahoo! Polls, Sept 30th Obama tied McCain in Ohio, 45.3% each. By Oct 7th, he had already built a 4% lead, 48.9% to 44.9%. As of this writing, Obama has a 6.1% lead, 49.9% to 43.8%.

Obama has great momentum going into the last 10 days before the election. McCain’s campaign seems to be unraveling more each day.

Here is my prediction for Election 2008…

Obama McCain
356     155

We’ll see how it turns out…