ALEXANDRIA, Virginia -- With Democratic bet Barack Obama holding his lead in surveys two days before the US presidential elections, Filipino-Americans in the US Republican Party are scrambling to push Sen. John McCain’s candidacy in this crucial battleground state.
Various surveys show Obama ahead by three points or more in Virginia. There are an estimated 100,000 Fil-Ams here, about half of them in the Hampton Roads region – comprising Virginia Beach and Norfolk, among others, where many retired US Navy sailors live.
Virginia has 13 electoral votes (the number of electoral votes is equal to the number of senators and congressmen in each state). The first candidate to get 270 electoral votes wins the elections...
