7-Eleven predicts Obama will beat McCain

By: By KEITH WALKER Media General News Service | WSLS-TV 10
Published: October 15, 2008

It's not the Gallup poll, but the "7-Election" was spot-on in the last two presidential picks.
Coffee cups at 7-Eleven convenience stores across the nation serve as votes in the unscientific, informal survey.
Those who want Obama to win can buy blue cups. Red cup sales count for McCain.
People can vote early and often.
This year, the 7-Election '08 poll predicts that Sen. Barack Obama will prevail over Sen. John McCain in the race for the presidency.
So far in the poll that started this month, Obama is ahead 59 to 41 percent nationally, according to 7-Election.com.
In Virginia, Obama cup sales top McCain's sales 61 to 39 percent.
In Prince William County, the numbers favor Obama even more.
There are 28 of the convenience stores in
Prince William County, said Femi Cole, a 7-Eleven market manager for Prince William, Alexandria and
Arlington.
According to Cole, stores in the west end of the county favor Obama 70 to 30 percent. Mid-county stores also report that the Obama cups are selling 70 percent to McCain's 30 percent. The stores in the
eastern end of the county show Obama up 73 to 27 percent.
Cole said 7-Eleven customers in 30 states and Washington, D.C., look forward to the cup survey every four years.
"They like it," Cole said. "A lot of folks ... were around back in 2000 and 2004, and the results of our election were this close."
"We have a lot of fun with 7-Elections. People get excited and come in looking for the cups. They expect us to have the 7-Election," Cole said.
Other indicators favor Obama as well.
The stores also sell bumper stickers and key chains.
"We've flown through the Obama stuff," Cole said.
Cup sales in the 2000 7-Election put Gov. George Bush ahead of Vice President Al Gore by 1 percentage point. In 2000, the 7-Election showed Bush over Sen. John Kerry by 2 percentage points.
Keith Walker writes for the News & Messenger.

7-Eleven predicts Obama will beat McCain

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