According to the LA Times, Democratic Candidate Barack Obama leads rival John McCain 49% to 45% in a new poll. The point spread returns to essentially the same levels seen before the conventions. With fewer than seven weeks to go, the presidential campaign has essentially returned to where it was before the national conventions, with Democrat Barack Obama having the slimmest of leads over Republican John McCain, according to a national poll released this morning.
The poll, conducted this month by Quinnipiac University in Connecticut, shows Obama leading McCain 49% to 45%, according to the university’s website. The four percentage point spread is slightly narrower that the August poll, which had Obama up 47% to 42%.
The poll is based on 987 likely voters questioned from Sept. 11 to Sept. 16 and has a margin of error of 3.1 percentage points either way. Although the poll results are just beyond the margin of error, they are too broad to explain the electoral vote which will actually determine the general election.
