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Obama or McCain? Top 13 travel articles to help you pick your presidential candidate

Presidential debate at Hofstra: Presidential debate at Hofstra Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., looks at and Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., during the presidential debate Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2008, at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y October 15, 2008

To recap the run-up to the presidential election, these posts from prominent travel blogs and websites were written with our travel interests at heart. Does one candidate serve the traveler better than the other?

Will Obama or McCain pay any attention at all to the problems of the airline industry? Are you voting for one candidate over the other because you think he cares about travel and travelers?

If you are still undecided about whether to vote for John McCain or Barack Obama, these articles should help you cram before you head for the ballot box:

1) Christopher Elliott’s 5 Questions to Ask Before Voting
A look at how the candidates stack up on issues facing travelers [MSNBC]

2) Would Obama or McCain Be Better for Travelers? [MSN]

3) Evaluating McCain and Obama on Travel Issues [USA Today]

4) The Pres & VP Debates: Do Travel Issues Matter? [Concierge.com]

5) Christopher Elliott’s Who’s Your Candidate?
Six issues the next president should care about – but probably doesn’t [MSNBC]

6) The 2008 U.S. Presidential Candidates’ Travel Scorecard [World Hum]

7) Presidential Candidates’ Foreign Trips Matter [america.gov]
Political experts analyze reasons for Obama, McCain trips

8) Presidential Candidates Silent on Airline Passengers’ Rights [Aviation Today]

9) Virgin Atlantic’s Sir Richard Branson warns U.S. Presidential Candidates of Anti-competitive Link-up [eTN]

10) Aviation 08: The Obama Aviation Plan [Evan Sparks’s Aviation Policy Blog]

11) Travel Industry Leaders Seek Push from Presidential Candidates [San Antonio Business Journal]

12) Which Presidential Candidate Would You Most Want to Travel With? [Gadling]

13) Jaunted’s Possible Presidents Travel Posts [Jaunted]

Where can you vote? Find your polling place at Vote411.

– Jen Leo, Los Angeles Times Travel & Deal blogger

[Photo: Gary Hershorn / Associated Press]

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