US election on knife edge – again

The difference between victory for John Kerry or George Bush could be decided by as little as a few hundred votes in a handful of states.

And once again, consumer advocate Ralph Nader is running on an anti-corporate, progressive platform.

He wants to challenge the two-party system in the United States and push for universal health care, civil rights, workers’ rights and an end to the war in Iraq.

But he has split the progressive vote in the US, with some worrying that he may help hand the election to President Bush.