Polls give Obama a wider lead

Philippines News.Net
Tuesday 2nd September, 2008

US Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama has widened his lead over Republican hopeful John McCain in the recent two national polls.

After the Democratic National Convention held in Denver, Colorado, in late August, the Illinois senator led McCain by seven percentage points among registered voters, at 50 percent to 43 percent, according to the poll released Monday by daily USA Today.

A previous poll taken by the newspaper in mid-August showed that Obama only had four-point lead.

Another poll released by CBS on Monday gave Obama nine-point lead over the Senator McCain.

The CBS poll conducted for two days in late August also found that 71 percent of those surveyed said they were watching Obama's acceptance speech Thursday night in the INVESCO stadium where about 84,000 people were present.

The poll also showed that 37 percent of independent voters favoured Obama, while 43 percent supported McCain, who used to have 12-point lead among the group.

Women voters also gave Obama 14-point lead over McCain, it added.

However, a CNN poll released Sunday showed the tied race between two presidential hopefuls with Obama at 49 percent and McCain at 48 percent.

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