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"Obama shows surge in key battlegrounds, series of new polls says
Democrat Barack Obama is surging in key battleground states, according to a series of new polls released yesterday. Obama's gain is particularly pronounced in Pennsylvania, where he led Republican John McCain by 49 percent to 43 percent before Friday's first presidential debate, but leads by 54 percent to 39 percent in a new Quinnipiac University survey.
In Florida, Obama's edge grew by two percentage points from before the debate to 51 percent to 43 percent, and in Ohio by one percentage point to 50 percent to 42 percent, said Quinnipiac, noting Obama was boosted by his debate performance and voter confidence in his capacity to fix the worsening economy. Obama trailed in all three states in Quinnipiac polls released Sept. 11.
"It is difficult to find a modern competitive presidential race that has swung so dramatically, so quickly and so sharply this late in the campaign," Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, said in a statement. "Sen. John McCain has his work cut out for him if he is to win the presidency and there does not appear to be a role model for such a comeback in the last half century."
Also, CNN/Opinion Research Corp. surveys showed Obama taking the lead in Missouri and Virginia and gaining ground in Florida, Minnesota, and Nevada.
The polls found Obama leading McCain 54 percent to 43 percent in Florida among registered voters, up from a tie at 48 percent two weeks ago; also ahead 54 percent to 43 percent in Minnesota, up from 53 percent to 41 percent a month ago; up 50 percent to 45 percent in Missouri, flipping McCain's edge three weeks ago; leading 54 percent to 43 percent in Nevada, up from 49 percent to 44 percent last month; and ahead 54 percent to 42 percent in Virginia, reversing McCain's lead three weeks ago of 50 percent to 46 percent (Boston Globe)."
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