Poll: Obama Ahead In Big 10 States
Democratic Candidate Leading Republican Rival In Wisconsin
Updated: 8:36 am CDT October 23,2008
MADISON, Wis. -- A new poll shows that Barack Obama leads John McCain by double digits in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Minnesota and three other states that make up the Big Ten Conference, including Wisconsin.Obama opened a lead in seven states of the Big Ten Battleground Poll compared to September when it showed him in a dead heat with McCain.The latest poll released Thursday comes just 12 days before the election. The poll was conducted between Sunday and Wednesday and has a margin of error of just over 4 percentage points.The poll shows Obama up 10 points in Indiana, 11 points in Pennsylvania, and 12 points in Ohio. He is up 13 points in Wisconsin and Iowa, 19 points in Minnesota, and 22 points in Michigan. And in his home state of Illinois Obama is up 29 points.
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