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Poll shows Kerry pulling away in Pa.

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- A poll shows John Kerry, apparently benefiting from the debate, pulling ahead of President Bush in the key battleground state of Pennsylvania.

The Philadelphia Daily News/CN8 Keystone Poll shows the Democratic contender with the support of 48 percent of the registered voters sampled, outside the margin of error. Bush dropped back to 41 percent.

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Last month's Keystone Poll had Bush ahead 47 to 45.

Poll Director G. Terry Madonna of Franklin & Marshall College credited the debate with changing voters' minds in this crucial state.

Of the 594 Pennsylvania registered voters polled between last Thursday, the day of the first presidential debate, and Monday, three quarters of them said they had watched it.

Of those who watched, 6 percent said they had changed their candidate preference as a result. And that shift, according to the poll, fell in Kerry's favor by a factor of three to one.

The survey polled 263 Republicans, 262 Democrats, and 69 independent or others between Sept. 30 and Oct. 4. The margin of error is plus or minus 4 percent.

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