Poll: Republicans hold small post-convention edge, but race remains tight9:06 p.m., Saturday, September 6, 2008
Zogby International
UTICA, N.Y. — Republicans John McCain and Sarah Palin left St. Paul, Minn., with a small bounce overall and some energy in key demographic groups, as the race for the presidency enters a key stage and voters begin to tune in to the contest, the latest Zogby Interactive poll finds.
The McCain/Palin ticket wins 49.7 percent support, compared to 45.9 percent backing for the Obama/Biden ticket, the latest online survey shows. Another 4.4 percent either favored someone else or were unsure.
In the two-way contest in which just McCain and Obama were mentioned in the question, the result was slightly different, with McCain leading, 48.8 percent to 45.7 percent.
In a Zogby Interactive survey conducted last weekend, just after the McCain announcement that Palin would join his ticket, McCain Palin won 47.1 percent support, while Obama/Biden won 44.6 percent support.
The interactive survey of 2,312 likely voters nationwide was conducted Sept. 5-6, 2008, and carries a margin of error of plus or minus 2.1 percentage points.
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