Majority of Australians favour Obama: poll
Melbourne (PTI): A whooping majority of Australians have favoured Democratic nominee Barack Obama as the next President of the United States.
About 76 per cent of the Australians voted for Senator Obama to win the next month's presidential election as against nearly ten per cent supporting Republican nominee John Mccain, a recent poll has indicated.
Surveyed on 1000 people, the poll confirmed that Australians were taking a keen interest in the race for the White House, with 85 per cent saying they are monitoring the contest and 24 per cent expressing a high level of interest, according to AAP report here.