(CNN/Time)Polls: Obama edges McCain in key states (NV, NC, OH and VA)

[maddezmom]

Source: AP

Polls: Obama edges McCain in key states
By The Associated Press – 14 minutes ago

THE POLL: CNN/Time magazine/Opinion Research Corp., presidential race among likely Nevada voters (5 electoral votes).

THE NUMBERS: Barack Obama 51 percent, John McCain 46 percent.

OF INTEREST: Obama's lead is basically the same when third party candidates were included in the presidential preference question. The Democrat is also running ahead of McCain among registered voters, who back Obama 54 percent to McCain's 41 percent.

DETAILS: Conducted by Opinion Research Corp. Oct. 19-21 by telephone with 911 registered Nevada voters, including 700 likely voters. Margin of sampling error plus or minus 3.5 percentage points for registered voters, 3.5 points for likely voters.

MORE: http://www.cnn.com

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THE POLL: CNN/Time magazine/Opinion Research Corp., presidential race among likely North Carolina voters (15 electoral votes).

THE NUMBERS: Barack Obama 51 percent, John McCain 47 percent.



Read more: http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gEj5nxMKBYeIE04RxBF4lS5V_lXwD93VQ08G0

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Poll: Obama Holds Leads in Key States; McCain Attacks Not Swaying Voters
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Obama gained the most ground in North Carolina, where he now leads John McCain among likely voters by 51% to 47%, up four percentage points from earlier this month when a similar poll showed the two tied at 49%. In Nevada, Obama expanded his lead to 51% to 46%, up a percentage point from September. Similarly, in the crucial swing state of Ohio, Obama leads the Arizona senator by a 50% to 46% margin, an increase of one percentage point from his lead earlier this month. In Virginia, a state that increasingly looks to be solidly in Obama's corner, the Illinois senator remains 10 percentage points ahead 54% to 44%. Still, Obama's ability to make inroads into red states does appear to have some limits; he lost ground in West Virginia — a state his campaign has said they are just starting to contest — and now trails there by 41% to McCain's 53%, more than doubling McCain's September lead of 49% to Obama's 44%.

McCain's failure to move the needle in these four states likely reflects, in part, the fact that his latest attacks on Obama are not having much impact. Although a majority of voters in Virginia, Ohio and North Carolina had heard of Ayers and ACORN, less than a third of voters said such issues would affect their votes.

The race in Ohio, North Carolina and Nevada — while showing Obama trending up — remains inside or very close to the margins of error for those states. In Virginia, Obama's lead is far outside the margin of error, and McCain's lead in West Virginia is also solid. The polls of Nevada and Ohio have a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points, while those done of North Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia have margins of error of plus or minus 4 points.

The polls were conducted over the phone from Oct. 19-21. In Nevada 911 registered voters and 700 likely voters were polled. In North Carolina 940 registered voters and 644 likely voters were surveyed. Pollsters in Ohio spoke to 938 registered voters and 737 likely voters. In Virginia 927 registered voters and 647 likely voters were polled. And in West Virginia 893 registered and 674 likely voters were polled.

more:http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1852965,00.html

[mmonk]

1. Now you know why they are on a loony behavior track.

[medeak]

2. thanks for NV poll

we're all walking on eggshells there