Survey says Democrats have edge in swing states
At last for Democrats comes a poll that offers more hope for their White House prospects.
The Gallup Poll looked at a dozen so-called purple states -- swing states crucial in November -- and reported today that both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton lead Republican John McCain 47 percent to 43 percent.
The dozen states were where the margin of victory in 2004 for President Bush or Senator John F. Kerry was 5 percentage points or less: Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.
The Gallup Poll interviewed about 4,000 voters in those states from April 1 to 15. The margin of sampling error was plus or minus 2 percentage points.
Nationwide, the poll found that the Democrats are virtually tied with McCain; Obama has a 46 percent to 44 percent edge, while Clinton has a 46 percent to 45 percent edge.
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