Ugqatso lwe-Senate ePennsylvania luye lwaba "lusondele kakhulu ukubiza" kwiiveki ezintathu ngaphambi konyulo, ngelixa uMongameli uBarack Obama okhokelayo kwilizwe liye lahla ukusuka kwi-12 ukuya kwi-4 yeepesenti yeepesenti emva kwentsebenzo yengxoxo ephoxayo, i-poll yaseQuinnipiac yathi ngoLwesibili.
IPennsylvania, ebonwa kude kube mva nje ikhuselekile kumongameli weDemokhrasi, ngoku ibonakala inokhuphiswano, kunye no-Obama ekhokela iRiphabhlikhi uMitt Romney ngama-50 ekhulwini ukuya kuma-46 ekhulwini. Iipesenti ezisi-7 kuphela zabavoti bakarhulumente abanokuthi batshintshe iingqondo zabo ngaphambi kwe-6 kaNovemba, uvoto olufunyenweyo.
Umbuso omkhulu ungomnye wamabhaso aphezulu kunyulo lukamongameli kunye namavoti angama-20 kwiKholeji yoNyulo, edibanisa ne-Illinois kwindawo yesihlanu kwinani labavoti ngurhulumente. Kuphela yiCalifornia, iTexas, iNew York kunye neFlorida inokuninzi.
"Ayiyomfihlo ukuba umongameli akazange aphumelele kwingxoxo-mpikiswano, kuquka neakhawunti yakhe," uTim Malloy, umncedisi womlawuli weQuinnipiac University Polling Institute, uthe kudliwano-ndlebe.
Ngelixa uSekela Mongameli ozalelwe ePennsylvania uJoe Biden wenza ingxoxo kwiveki ephelileyo ngokuchasene neqabane likaRomney, ummeli wase-US uPaul Ryan, udlale kakuhle nabavoti kurhulumente, "ayizange ishukumise itikiti konke konke," utshilo uMalloy.
EPennsylvania, amadoda, amaKhatholika amhlophe kunye nabavoti bekhola eluhlaza baye bathontelana kwinkampu yaseRomney kwinyanga ephelileyo, utshilo.
Kwi-poll ka-Quinnipiac kaSeptemba 26, u-Obama ukhokele ngamanqaku ali-12.
U-Obama kunye no-Romney baya kujongana nesibini kwiingxoxo zabo ezintathu kamva ngoLwesibini.
Kugqatso lwe-Senate yase-US, i-poll ichaza iindaba ezimbi kwiiDemokhrasi, ezinethemba lokubambelela kwi-51 yabo ukuya kwi-47 inzuzo ngaphezu kweRiphabhlikhi kwigumbi lezihlalo ze-100. Ngelixa ingqwalaselo eninzi ihlawulwe kwimidyarho ekufutshane-kuquka iMissouri, Indiana, Massachusetts kunye neConnecticut - obambeleyo kwiDemokhrasi uRobert Casey Jr. uye wathandwa ukuba aphumelele ePennsylvania.
UCasey, ochasa ukuqhomfa, umdemokhrasi ophakathi ngompu noyise wayeyirhuluneli edumileyo yasePennsylvania, waphumelela isihlalo seSenethi kwiminyaka emithandathu eyadlulayo ngokoyisa iRiphabhlikhi uRick Santorum ngeepesenti ezili-18. USantorum uye waba ngomnye wabakhuphisana abaphambili bakaRomney kunyulo lukamongameli weRiphabhlikhi.
Usomashishini waseRiphabhlikhi uTom Smith wayengaziwa kurhulumente ngo-Epreli xa wayephumelele i-Republican Senate primary. Kutshanje ngo-Agasti 1, uphando lweQuinnipiac lubonise uCasey ebetha uSmith 55 ekhulwini ukuya kwi-37 ekhulwini.
USmith, owayesakuba ngumsebenzi-mgodini wamalahle owaba nenkampani yamalahle, ugalele phantse i-17 lezigidi zeedola zemali yakhe kwiphulo lakhe kwaye uchithe imali eninzi kwiintengiso zikamabonwakude. Ngokwe-poll ekhutshwe ngoLwesibini, ukukhokela kukaCasey kuye kwancipha ukuya kwipesenti ezi-3 kuphela.
“Izibhengezo zikaTom Smith ezingayekiyo zentengiso zimkhuphile kumgodi wamalahle ukuze anike uSen. Robert Casey ukubaleka imali yakhe,” utshilo uMalloy.
Ngokweefayile zezemali zephulo ngoMvulo, uSmith ukhuphe uCasey ngaphezulu kwe-100,000 yeedola kwikota yokugqibela, engabandakanyi i-10 yezigidi zeedola awayeboleke iphulo lakhe kwangelo xesha.
Uvavanyo lwemfonomfono lwe-1,519 yasePennsylvania ekunokwenzeka ukuba ngabavoti luqhutywe ukusuka ngoLwesihlanu ukuya ngeCawa kwaye lunomda wempazamo yokudibanisa okanye thabatha ipesenti ezi-2.5.
(Reuters)
