President Bush and Sen. John Kerry "move into the last days of the presidential contest in agreement that the race has come down to just 11 states, and have laid out plans for a barrage of visits and television advertisements across this final battleground between now and Nov. 2," the New York Times reports.
Both candidates "will spend virtually all their time - and most of their remaining advertising budgets - in those states."
"Fittingly enough for this year, with polls showing the race deadlocked, five of the states were won by President Bush in 2000 and six by Mr. Gore, the Democratic candidate. And at least 7 of the 11 states are now considered tied in nightly polls being conducted by the campaigns."
The Washington Post notes "thousands of Americans are now practicing democracy-to-go, leaving home for days, weeks and even months to try to sway votes in the few battlegrounds where they feel they still can make a difference."
Mystery Pollster looks at the battleground race: "The pattern is consistent: In every case Kerry runs better in the battleground states than he does in the overall electorate, although in some cases the difference is quite small."
