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Obama opens 5-point lead over McCain: poll
Democrat Barack Obama has opened a 5-point lead over Republican rival John McCain in the White House race and expanded his support among women voters, this according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Friday.
- Agencies
- Published: 09:43 October 10, 2008
Washington: Democrat Barack Obama has opened a 5-point lead over Republican rival John McCain in the White House race and expanded his support among women voters, this according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Friday.
Obama leads McCain 48 percent to 43 percent among likely US voters in the national poll, up slightly from a 4-point advantage for Obama on Thursday. The poll has a margin of error of 2.9 percentage points.
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