Poll: Obama has slight lead over McCain in Florida

[brooklynite]

Source: New York Times

Filed at 6:03 a.m. ET

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THE NUMBERS

Barack Obama, 47 percent

John McCain, 43 percent

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Obama wins Florida's youngest voters by a wide margin, while he and McCain split those age 35 and up. Nearly one in four say they are less likely to support McCain because of his age; if elected he would be 72 when sworn in as president. One in 20 says the same about Obama's being black. Whites back McCain, 50 percent to 40 percent, while virtually all blacks support Obama. Independents lean toward Obama by 10 percentage points, and more of them oppose Hillary Rodham Clinton being Obama's running mate than support it.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/washington/AP-Poll-2008-Florida.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

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