Barack Obama is leading in the polls. Almost all of them. In the latest one from Zogby and C-span he is leading McCain by 6 percent; Obama has 49 to McCain’s 43. But polls by voter groups shows that McCain is trailing Obama in almost all of them.

Obama has a 17 percent lead over McCain when it comes to non partisan voters and 11 percent amongst women. Obama is also winning the men over, but his lead here is not as great as the other voter categories. It doesn’t stop there. He is winning over Catholics and Hispanic voters, and he is ahead in all age groups. McCain only has the lead in two categories; white males and the rich voters. But as the financial crises continues the latter category in on the decline.

There are several reasons why Obama has such a strong lead. He is much younger and fresher than McCain, he doesn’t have an inexperienced running mate who has made some disastrous choices both before and after joining the Republican campaign, but most important of all; people believe that he will change their society for the better.

After 8 years with Bush jr., Barack Obama has given the American people hope. This will surely be good for America, but definately great for the rest of us.