6 points doesn't sound like a "modest lead", especially since it jumps to 10 when you count "leaners".
let's all stipulate from the start that it's early, & etc., & etc. but that is still a 5 point swing. I wonder if
abandoning "hope, healing, and unity" is costing him support? he has seemed like just another politician
since 30 minutes after he clinched the nomination . . . right after he gave the "fix the oceans and heal the
planet" speech, he immediately went on the attack against mccain . . .
Election 2008: Ohio Presidential Election
McCain Opens Modest Lead in Ohio
John McCain has opened a modest lead over Barack Obama in the key swing state of Ohio. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the Buckeye State shows McCain attracting 46% of the vote while Obama earns 40%. Last month and the month before McCain held a insignificant one-point lead over Obama.
Seven percent (7%) of voters say they’d prefer a third party candidate over either McCain or Obama and another 7% remain undecided.
When “leaners†are included in the totals, McCain leads Obama 52% to 42%.
McCain is now viewed favorably by 57%, little changed from a month ago. Obama gets favorable marks from 50% of the state’s voters, down three points from June but up three points since May.
Nationally, the candidates are very competitive in the Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll.
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