With the Election Day less than 2 days away, the two U.S. presidential candidates spent Saturday in states their respective parties had lost in 2004.
John McCain, the Republican nominee who is trailing in national polls, was making appearances in two states that voted Democratic in 2004, Pennsylvania and New Hampshire, where he will hold his final town hall.
On Monday, he will visit five swing states starting with a midnight rally in Florida, then Virginia, Indiana, New Mexico and Nevada, along with a stop in Tennessee before flying home to Arizona for the Election Day.
Senator Barack Obama, the Democratic nominee, who has a solid leading in national polls, spent Sunday speaking at rallies in the largest cities in Ohio.
On Monday, he will visit three states that voted Republican in 2004, Florida, North Carolina and Virginia, before heading home to Chicago.
Obama is confident, but he warned against complacency, urging his supporters to go to the polls on the Election Day: "We can't give up now, not when there is so much at stake. We got to go out there and win this election."
Sarah Palin, the Republican vice-presidential nominee, was also appearing in Ohio on Sunday.
Joseph Biden, Obama's running mate, addressed supporters in Florida.
Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, also speaking on "Face the Nation," said that McCain was poised to make a final surge.
For all of the last-minute campaigning, many Americans have already voted.
A record 27 million absentee and early votes were cast in 30 states as of Saturday night.
(Xinhua News Agency November 3, 2008)
