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> Obama leads McCain by 2 points: Reuters poll
> Wed Sep 17, 2008 9:55am EDT
> By John Whitesides, Political Correspondent
> WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama has a 2-point lead in the
> U.S. presidential race on Republican John McCain, whose choice of
> Sarah Palin as his running mate helped shore up support for both
> candidates, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Wednesday.
> Obama leads McCain among likely voters by 47 percent to 45 percent,
> within the poll's 3.1 percent margin of error. He gained ground in the
> last month among independent and women voters and on the question of
> who could best manage the faltering U.S. economy.
> Obama wiped out McCain's 5-point edge in a Reuters/Zogby poll taken in
> August before the nominating conventions, a sign the Arizona senator
> could be drifting back to earth from what other opinion polls showed
> was a post-convention surge.
> "We're back to where we always thought we would be -- in a very
> competitive race," pollster John Zogby said.
> The poll, taken Thursday through Saturday, follows a hectic month in
> the race to the November 4 election as both parties held their
> nominating conventions and both candidates selected their vice
> presidential running mates.
> McCain's choice of Sarah Palin, an anti-abortion and pro-gun
> first-term governor from Alaska, as his No. 2 set off a political
> firestorm that helped stoke conservative enthusiasm for the Republican
> ticket.
> But Zogby said Palin also helped solidify Democratic support for
> Obama. "For the last few weeks it's been all about Palin and she has
> been a divisive force," he said. "She has shored up the base for both
> candidates."
> Obama, who struggled to solidify Democrats in August when just 74
> percent backed him, now has the support of 89 percent of Democrats.
> McCain's support among Republicans grew from 81 percent last month to
> 89 percent.
> Nearly one-third of likely voters said the choice of Palin made them
> more likely to support McCain and nearly one-quarter said it made them
> less likely. About 43 percent said it would have no effect.
> Obama's selection of Delaware Sen. Joe Biden, chairman of the Senate
> Foreign Relations Committee, as his No. 2 had less impact. About 23
> percent said they were more likely to vote for Obama with Biden on the
> ticket and 16 percent said they were less likely.
> MCCAIN STILL LEADS ON ECONOMY
> Half of all voters said the economy was the top issue, and the poll
> showed McCain narrowly led Obama on the question of which candidate
> could best manage the economy by 47 percent to 45 percent.
> But that was a significant gain for Obama from McCain's 9-point
> advantage last month. The poll was taken before Sunday's upheaval on
> Wall Street with the fall of Lehman Brothers Holding and the sale of
> Merrill Lynch.
> Obama has tried to refocus the campaign on his proposals for the
> economy after a Republican convention where he was heavily criticized
> as a liberal elitist unfamiliar with the struggles of working families.
> The Illinois senator wiped out McCain's 5-point August lead among
> independents and expanded his edge over McCain among women, two
> crucial swing voting blocs in November.
> Obama now has a statistically insignificant 1-point edge over McCain
> among independents and has a 7-point lead among women, up from a
> 2-point advantage last month.
> He also gained ground among Catholics and older voters, but lost
> support to McCain among suburban voters and small-town residents.
> Palin has made her background as the mayor of Wasilla, a town of about
> 9,000 residents, a key component of her political biography.
> The poll found McCain and Obama were in an absolute dead heat at 45
> percent when independent candidate Ralph Nader and Libertarian Party
> candidate Bob Barr were added to the mix. Nader earned 2 percent and
> Barr 1 percent of the vote.
> The telephone poll of 1,008 likely voters had a margin of error of 3.1
> percentage points.
> The poll was taken as McCain and Obama head into three potentially
> crucial debates beginning on September 26 in Oxford, Mississippi.
> Palin and Biden will hold one debate on October 2 in St. Louis.
> (Editing by Patricia Wilson and David Wiessler)
> © Thomson Reuters 2008. All rights reserved.
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