Have you looked at the date on that poll?

needs to teach the low income voters how McCain's party hurts them.  They have been so thoroughly indoctrinated by the MSM that it won't be easy.

I have taught classes for kids with learning disabilities, and I learned not to use too many "big words."  I think that's how the "elitist" tag sticks.  My students felt really hurt when I used words they didn't understand.  They thought I was trying to humiliate them.  The Republicans realize this, which is why Bush says "nucular" and so on.

I wonder if they could do focus groups to see how these folks can be reached.  

Seriously, if anyone should vote for Obama, it's the lower income voters.  They are voting against their own self interests, voting for McCain.

He needs to talk to them directly.  Tell them he knows how they are finding it hard to make ends meet and tell them that he will help them.  Tell them that Bush and the Republicans only give the American people lip service, but listen to the lobbyists, who are shipping their jobs overseas and closing American plants.  

Look straight into the camera and ask them to hear what he has to say.  "I am working for you and your family, not the lobbyists and special interests that do what is best for the CEOs and the real 'elitists,' who only care about their bottom line, not yours."

Perhaps he could hold a press conference or an ad in a town that has been hit hard, in front of a closed down company to illustrate his points.  (That's another way to reach them: visually.  They remember images, which is why the Republicans focus on flag pins, a visual, to get accross concepts.)

Or he could go to a grocery store, shopping with his kids, and pick up gallon of milk and say, "Milk has gone up X% this week.  Then be pumping gas into his car, shake his head, "Ouch!"  Then be with a group of average folks and tell them how he will address their problems.  "Look, I have a plan to help you and America work again.  I have a plan to build better, more fuel efficient cars..."