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WaPoTuesday, October 14, 2008; 6:17 AM
Barack Obama widened his lead considerably over John McCain in four key battleground states during the past three weeks, providing further evidence that the economic crisis has greatly enhanced the Democrat's advantage with just 21 days left before Election Day.
Obama holds double-digit margins over McCain in Minnesota, Michigan and Wisconsin and carries a nine-point advantage over his Republican rival in Colorado, according to polling conducted by Quinnipiac University for washingtonpost.com and the Wall Street Journal.
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In Michigan, more than six in ten voters said the economy was the "single most important issue" in deciding their vote. Among likely voters, Obama increased his lead over McCain from a four-point edge in a late September Quinnipiac poll to a whopping 16-point lead in the most recent survey.
Obama's 54 percent to 38 percent lead in Michigan helps to explain why McCain decided to pull down his ads and pull out the majority of his campaign staff from the Wolverine State last week -- choosing to fight, instead, in Pennsylvania, New Hampshire and Maine.
The data was similar in Wisconsin and Minnesota where Obama gained 10 points and nine points, respectively, in his margin over McCain since the September Quinnipiac poll; the Illinois senator led McCain in Wisconsin 54 percent to 37 percent, and held a 51 percent to 40 percent edge in Minnesota.
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Poll: Barack Obama leading John McCain in Michigan (54 to 38)DETROIT (AP) — A new poll shows Democrat Barack Obama leading John McCain in Michigan after the Republican candidate pulled his campaign from the state.
The Quinnipiac University (KWIN'-uh-pee-ak) poll released Tuesday of 1,043 likely Michigan voters conducted Oct. 8 to Sunday showed Obama with 54 percent, McCain with 38 percent and 7 percent undecided.
The telephone poll conducted by the Hamden, Conn. school in partnership with The Wall Street Journal and the Web site of The Washington Post has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
http://www.mlive.com/newsflash/michigan/index.ssf?/base/politics-2/1223981350193530.xml&storylist=michigannews