I wish I would have bought shares in Kool-Aid.
Charleston has a population of over 50,000 people. It is not surprising that someone could find 25 people that share their views. You can probably find 25 people, in any city this size or larger, who can tell you of their recent meetings with Elvis and Hoffa ... perhaps this same 25 individuals.
If my count is right, eight out of 25 are for McCain, one is undecided, one is not voting. That leaves 15 for Obama (peace be upon him).
The election is over.
You have to understand the Charleston Gazette is the mouthpiece for the Democrat Party in West Virginia. I don't know how many folks they had to interview to be able to produce what appears to be an Obama bias in our voters, but you can bet they didn't just list the first 25 folks that walked by. John McCain is going to win the State of West Virginia by double digits....maybe as many as twenty points.
On another note, not to be too picky, but they appear to have oversampled blacks in their interview sample. Blacks make up about 3% of the population in this state, and their sample had five apparent black people out of the twenty five for a 20% figure. All of the blacks seemed to support Obama in their sample also, which does not jive with what you would expect from people who live in rural areas and tend to be more conservative.