Poll: Obama Leads McCain By 8 Percent
Posted on: Wednesday, 22 October 2008, 15:00 CDT
Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Barack Obama leads his Republican opponent 50 percent to 42 percent and appears to be gaining strength, a poll indicates.
An Ipsos-McClatchy poll, the first one taken since the third and final debate between Obama, a U.S. senator from Illinois, and GOP nominee Sen. John McCain of Arizona, shows Obama with an eight-point edge and opening sizable leads on issue questions, McClatchy Newspapers reported Wednesday.
On taxes, poll respondents chose Obama over McCain by 8 percentage points despite a determined effort by the Republican to paint Obama as a "tax-and-spend liberal" who'd raise taxes on ordinary folks such as "Joe the Plumber," McClatchy said.
The poll also indicated voters preferred Obama over McCain on jobs and the economy, giving the Democrat a 16-point advantage, and on healthcare issues, where Obama led McCain by 24 points. Those margins were much wider than in earlier Ipsos/McClatchy polls, and reflect the traditional Democratic advantage on those issues, the survey said.
The poll surveyed 773 likely voters between Thursday and Monday, and had an error margin of 3.5 percentage points.
Source: United Press International
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