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July 25, 2008 - 10:06am

Obama up 5 points in new Pa. poll

By Dan Hirschhorn
Category: President, US Senate, LocalTags: John McCain, Barack Obama

U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-Ill.) is narrowly leading the race Pennsylvania's 21 electoral college votes, holding a 5-point lead over U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), according to a new Rasmussen poll.

The poll found Obama ahead 47 percent to 42 percent, a lead he has gradually been building since losing the state's April Democratic primary. McCain held a statistically insignificant lead at the time, but by last month, Obama led by four points.

Obama led among male voters, but had an even larger lead among women, assuaging some fears that supporters of his defeated primary opponent, U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) would flock to McCain. McCain led among Independents, but only by two points.

A Quinnipiac poll in June showed Obama leading in Pennsylvania by 12 points, having surged since Clinton's exit from the race.

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