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Poll: McCain maintaining rural lead

WHITESBURG, Ky., Sept. 22 (UPI) -- Republican U.S. presidential nominee John McCain leads Democratic opponent Barack Obama by 10 points among rural voters in key states, a poll indicates.

The findings, released Monday by the Center for Rural Strategies on behalf of the National Rural Assembly of Whitesburg, Ky., indicates that in rural areas of 13 swing states McCain, a U.S. senator from Arizona leads Illinois senator Obama 51 to 41 percent.

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The pollsters said in a release those numbers remain unchanged from their findings of May, but other measurements indicate McCain's popularity is rising with rural voters.

"Every trend line indicates that John McCain is headed toward the level of support among rural voters that will be required for a victory in November," said Bill Greener, the Center's Republican strategist and adviser for the poll, adding that McCain has made headway on such issues as the economy, taxes and "being on your side."

The Center's Democratic adviser, Anna Greenberg, however, pointed out that McCain's overall improvement did not translate into more voters preferring him in the November election.

The survey polled 742 respondent between Sept. 16-18 from rural parts of 13 states and carried a margin of error of 3.6 percentage points.

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