Poll: Obama leading in 2 key counties

Published: Oct. 21, 2008 at 11:03 AM
Presidential candidate Barack Obama campaigns with Sen. Hillary Clinton in Orlando

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama gained support in two key counties that could spell wins in Nevada and North Carolina, a Politico poll indicates.

Voters Nevada's Washoe County around Reno indicated they favor Obama over Republican presidential candidate John McCain by a double-digit margin, 50 percent to 40 percent, results of the Politico-InsiderAdvantage survey released Tuesday indicates.

In Wake County, N.C., which includes Raleigh, Obama holds a 53 percent-to-43 percent lead over McCain.

As the second-most populous counties in their respective states, Wake and Washoe are critical to McCain's campaigns in North Carolina and Nevada, the Washington publication said. President George Bush won both counties in 2000 and 2004.

Despite Obama's appeal in the two counties, both Nevada and North Carolina are considered competitive at the statewide level, the Politico/InsiderAdvantage poll indicates. McCain and Obama are tied at 47 percent in Nevada, while Obama holds a statistically insignificant 49 percent-to-48 percent advantage over McCain in North Carolina.

The Washoe County poll had 476 respondents and the Wake County poll surveyed 414. Both surveys were conducted Sunday and both have a margin of error of 5 percentage points.

© 2008 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Order reprints



Additional News Stories
UPI NewsTrack Business (1 min)
Presence of fat hurts weight loss (5 min)
Study shows no change in FDA approval time (17 min)
Cut greenhouse gases = Saving lives (31 min)
Peptide-mineral interaction images created (59 min)
U.S. markets edge higher Wednesday morning
German skater's doping ban upheld
fark
Don't tase me, doe
Obvious tag doesn't come even close: "Thanksgiving gatherings could spread swine flu"
Two arrested for threatening YouTube rap, are sentenced to read 80,000 barely literate YouTube comments...
Another reason China is kicking our ass: Push button boob jobs with instant D-liscious results
"It often is reported that 46 million turkeys will be eaten on Thanksgiving, and that it is the...
It's not quite Thanksgiving yet, but the Christmas trees are already trying to kill us all