A new survey has Barack Obama leading John McCain by 7 percentage points in
Obama leads 51 percent to 44 percent in the American Research Group poll released today. Some 5 percent were undecided in the survey of 600 likely voters, which was conducted Sunday through Tuesday. The poll has a margin of error of 4 percentage points.
Here’s the wording of the question that was asked:
“If the general election were being held today between John McCain for president and Sarah Palin for vice president, the Republicans, and Barack Obama for president and Joe Biden for vice president, the Democrats, for whom would you vote — McCain and Palin, Obama and Biden (names rotated), or someone else?”
Obama led among Democrats 79 percent to 17 percent, while McCain led among Republicans 89 percent to 7 percent. Among independents, Obama had a 9 percentage-point lead, 50 percent to 41 percent.
McCain led among men 55 percent to 39 percent, while Obama led among women 61 percent to 35 percent. Among voters ages 18 to 49, Obama led 53 percent to 51 percent, while among voters 50 and older, Obama led 49 percent to 48 percent.
This is the latest in a series of independent polls that have shown Obama and McCain within a few percentage points of each other in