Mobile UPI  |   About UPI  |   UPI en Español  |   UPI Arabic  |   UPIU  |   My Account
Search:
Go

Poll: Obama leads McCain in Ohio

|
|
 
  
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill) speaks during a campaign stop in Asheville, North Carolina on October 5, 2008. (UPI Photo/Nell Redmond) 
Published: Oct. 7, 2008 at 7:49 AM

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Barack Obama holds a 51 percent-to-45 percent edge over his Republican opponent in the key state of Ohio, a poll indicates.

The Washington Post-ABC News poll, released Tuesday, also shows Obama, a U.S. senator from Illinois, with a big lead over GOP nominee Sen. John McCain of Arizona on the issue of the faltering U.S. economy. Among such "economy voters," Obama led McCain by 62 percent to 34 percent, The Washington Post reported.

Pollsters said the results indicated that Ohio's voters, who have suffered from a poor economy and are taking new lumps from the turmoil in the financial, credit and housing markets, believe Obama is stronger on handling the economy, creating jobs and defining tax policy.

No Republican has own the U.S. presidency without winning Ohio. Strategists say its 20 electoral votes are crucial for McCain. The Post noted that if McCain won every other state that U.S. President George Bush carried in 2004 but lost Ohio, he would end up four electoral votes short of the 270 needed to for victory.

The poll was conducted Oct. 3-5 among 1,010 Ohio adults. The margin of error was 3 percentage points.

Topics: Barack Obama
Recommended Stories
© 2008 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent.

Order reprints
  
Join the conversation
Most Popular Collections
The Tibetan Moniam Festival in China Super Bowl XLVI ticker tape victory parade The making of the Oscars
The Chicago Auto Show The Most Desirable Women of 2012 Tu Bishvat Migron settlement
Additional Top News Stories
1 of 25
Meryl Streep and Colin Firth attend the "BAFTA" ceremony in London
View Caption
fark
High school coach retires at 65 after getting arrested nude, "aroused" in car backseat with 17-year-old...
Man arrested for stealing $25k worth of Tide detergent. Witnesses say the suspect appeared quite...
News: Two cars fighting gun battle on Interstate accidentally fire into car of innocent women. Fark:...
Dads, before showing "The Smurfs" DVD from your laptop at your kid's birthday party, make sure you...
It's a Jeep thing. You wouldn't understand
Baby shower ends with three people stabbed after a drunken argument between relatives of mom-to-be...