FOX News Poll: Obama Leads 42% to 39% Going Into Convention

By Dana Blanton

FOXNews.com

Thursday, August 21, 2008

By Dana Blanton

Days before the Democratic Convention begins, Barack Obama has a slim 42 percent to 39 percent edge over John McCain in the race for the White House, according to a FOX News poll released Thursday.

A month ago Obama led by 41 percent to 40 percent. Both leads for Obama - this month and last - are well within the margin of sampling error.

Opinion Dynamics Corp.conducted the national telephone poll of 900 registered voters for FOX News from August 19 to August 20. The poll has a 3-point error margin.

Click here to view full results of the poll (pdf).

Click here to read the full story on the FOX News poll.

 

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