Swing States, are the most scrutinized states in the US elections: not being of Democratic or Republican tradition, their vote varies over the long term throughout the Elections. For example, Florida, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
Seven days before the US presidential elections, Democratic Vice-President Al GORE is redoubling his activity to convince the last voters. He went to Arkansas and Pennsylvania.
Among the undecided states for the presidential election, Florida. The latest polls are in favour of the Democratic candidate, Barack Obama. But in this state, in previous elections, the Republican had come out ahead... At a meeting given by Sarah Palin, running mate of John McCain, candidate Republican to the American presidential election, two women speak out. In a residential area, Pat CROW, retired doctor, Democrat, gives a course to retirees on health insurance. He explains that he will vote John McCain in response to the health program proposed by Barack Obama. Tim PICILLO, a volunteer for Barack Obama’s campaign, waving signs in favour of the Democratic candidate on the side of a road. He says that he remains a Republican, but that Barack Obama is the best choice for the United States to become a world leader again. At a meeting given by Barack Obama’s running mate Joe BIDEN, a Republican voter says he will vote for Barack Obama, because he judges John McCain too old.
Report in the United States on the 1968 presidential campaign between Richard NIXON (republican) and Hubert HUMPHREY (democrat). In Pennslyvanie, images of a television face-to-face in Pittsburgh between Humphrey and young people and a barbecue organized by a Democratic women’s club in Pennsylvania, of Hubert Humphrey shaking hands during a crowd bath and then making a speech. After a few weeks of travelling, journalists are watching for the rare changes in the candidate’s speeches.
Barack Obama is still leading the polls for the US presidential election. In Wisconsin, one of the famous "Swing states", one of the states that can overturn the election, hundreds of volunteers come to mobilize the voters and convince the undecided. In Milwaukee, interviews with volunteers who came to collect as many voices as possible...