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Gallup: Obama 50, McCain 43

PRINCETON, N.J. (UPI) -- Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama leads Republican John McCain by seven points among registered U.S. voters in a Gallup Poll released Sunday.

The Gallup Poll Daily tracking report found 50 percent of registered voters surveyed said they supported Obama, while 43 percent back McCain. The results, based on polling conducted Oct. 9-11, show a narrowing of Obama's lead over McCain.

Obama held a double-digit lead for three straight days last week, but the gap has been closing steadily the past three days, suggesting the race is tightening, Gallup said.

Gallup also released two likely voter surveys based on Oct. 9-11 tracking -- one based on traditional methods of measuring likely voter sentiment and one that takes into account such factors as more widespread cell phone use and a massive number of first-time voters who would not be measured under the traditional method.

Likely voters as measured in the traditional method preferred Obama over McCain 50-46, while the second likely voter model showed Obama with a lead of 51 percent to 45 percent, Gallup said.

The Gallup Poll Daily tracking survey for Oct. 9-11 was based on interviews with 2,783 registered voters. The likely voter surveys were based on interviews with just over 2,000 likely voters.

All three have a margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points

Copyright 2008 by United Press International

This news arrived on: 10/12/2008

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Posted Comments:

10-13-2008 23:08

igorvitch wrote:

JDB

The margin of error is 3 now. Latest polls show Obama up by 10 pts. These hate attacks and the stupid "guilt by association" are falling right where they should fall with the great majority of Americans, right on their butts. It's only those filled with hate and irrational anger that can be persuaded by slimy smear attacks. Only people like Hitler and Goebbels were able to incite to war and the execution of more than 6 million innocent people in Nazis Germany. There is nothing left of John McCain's once formidable and dignified honor, not when he can't do a better job of controlling Palin and other sleazy campaign workers.