Thanks to a huge swing among independent voters, Democrat Barack Obama has built a double-digit lead over Republican John McCain just in the last week, according to a new poll released last night.
The New York Times/CBS News poll gives Obama a 53 percent to 39 percent lead, compared with a much narrower 48 percent to 45 percent edge in the same poll last week. Among independent voters, the change is even larger. Obama now leads 51 percent to 33 percent, when McCain had led 49 percent to 39 percent a week ago.
A Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg national poll, also released last evening, gives Obama a 50 percent to 41 percent lead among likely voters. He led 49 percent to 45 percent in the same poll last month (Boston Globe)."
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