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Sunday, 22 June 2008 |
Barack Obama, for the first time, has copped the lead over John McCain in all three major swing states, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Florida a new poll is reporting.
The Swing State polls taken from Quinnipiac University shows Obama enjoying a 12 percentage point lead over McCain in Pennsylvania (52-40) topping in Ohio with 6 percent (48-42) and edging out McCain by 4 percent in Florida.
According to the polls Obama’s support was strongest among women, Blacks, and younger voters pushing him ahead of his Republican contender. Quinnipiac also pointed out that “No one has been elected President since 1960 without taking two of these three largest swing states in the Electoral College.”
Obama’s lead among women in all three states range from 10-23 percentage points, though they are tied among men. McCain leads among white voters in Florida and Ohio, but Obama is projected to get over 9 out every 10 black voters in both states.
Hillary Clinton led Obama in these states during the Democratic primaries and often used this lead as a marker for beating McCain in the fall.
Ironically, the polls also indicated that having Clinton on the Democratic ticket among independents in all three states would do more harm than good to Obama.
Peter A. Brown assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute said in a statement, “The people who really matter come November — independent voters — turn thumbs down on the idea. And, many say they are less likely to vote for him if he puts her on the ticket.”
The polls were taken from June 9-16 and have a margin of error plus or minus of 2.6 percentage points in Florida and Ohio, and 2.5 percentage points in Pennsylvania.
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