PRINCETON, N.J., July 22 (UPI) -- Likely Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama has taken a 6-percentage-point lead over his probable Republican opponent, a poll indicates.
Obama, D-Ill., was favored by 47 percent of the respondents to a Gallup organization daily tracking poll released Tuesday, while U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., scored 41 percent, the pollsters said.