By The Associated Press

Quotes from voters in eight states that are contested in the presidential election, as new AP-GfK battleground polling suggests most roads to victory are closed to Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama could win big:
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"When it comes to meeting with world leaders, I want someone who is not clucking and rolling his eyes." — Susan Pogue, 56, of West Palm Beach, Fla., who said she does not like McCain's temperament.
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"I just think (Obama's) lack of experience will be a detriment in the current situation that we're in." — Thomas Aelker, 64, a Republican from Polk County in central Florida.
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"We need change, we need change desperately." — Debby Granik, 55, of Las Vegas, who voted for Obama.
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"I'm a Bush-generated Democrat." — Connie Lilly, of Richmond, Va., who is backing Obama.
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"McCain's promises are realistic promises. Obama's ideas are pie in the sky ideas." — Mary Chiovitti, a McCain supporter from Boardman, Ohio.
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"They're both scripted, and I don't know if either one understands the complexity ... how to find the way out of this economic downturn." — Ralph Reiland, 67, an associate economics professor at Robert Morris University in Pittsburgh who supports McCain.
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"You never, ever vote for a president; you always vote for the people who surround him." — Allan Wilkins, 65, a moderate Republican from Bethlehem, Pa., who decided to vote for Obama.
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"We need a change. We don't need someone like our current president." — Santiago Chavez, 45, of Fort Collins, Colo., who is voting for the first time this year.
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"I've been ready for it to be over for a month." — Nancy Holton of Denver, on the long campaign season. She voted two weeks ago for McCain.
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"Part of it's emotional. I feel very connected with him. I like his politics." — Michele Gage, 40, of Greenland, N.H., on Obama.
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"I don't think that he's capable of telling a lie. I think that he answers questions honestly." — Katherine Gilbert, 51, of Concord, N.H., who wants McCain to be president.
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"(Obama) may understand people who strive to do better. I think he may understand that better than John McCain." — Vicki Davis, 53, of St. Pauls, N.C., who considers herself somewhat working poor.