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Irish American voters are a key demographic in the race to decide who becomes president next week, and in the final days of the election campaign Irish American supporters of both parties are working tirelessly to elect their respective candidates.
The Irish Voice spoke to Irish American groups supporting both candidates in battleground states to get their take on how the respective campaigns are playing out on the ground.
In Pittsburgh, Jim Lamb, who is head of the Irish Institute there and an Irish for Obama campaign organizer, told the Irish Voice, "Pittsburgh is historically a Democratic city - our City Council is all Democrats - so people from Irish backgrounds here are more in support of Obama than McCain.