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Poll: Obama handily won debate

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Published: Oct. 7, 2008 at 11:20 PM

NASHVILLE, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama beat Republican John McCain at Tuesday night's presidential debate in Nashville, a poll indicates.

A CNN poll found overall Obama bested McCain 54 percent to 30 percent.

The candidates' second debate, held at Belmont University a month ahead of the Nov. 4 election, was a town-hall format, where Obama and McCain were asked preselected questions from the Internet and from the audience of non-committed voters.

The third and final presidential debate will be held at New York's Hofstra University Oct. 15.

The CNN poll's sample size and margin of error was not reported.

Topics: Barack Obama
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