Current polls say that the American electorate generally favors a Democrat in the White House. They've been fed up with Republican bruhaha I guess.
Although I haven't officially taken any sides, I find myself (rather subconsciously) rooting for Obama. I probably chose Obama, not because he is the new face of hope and offers a fresh pair of diapers for a soiled America, but because of what he IS going to do once he's at the seat of the world's most powerful office.