Obama Maintains Post-Convention Lead Over McCain, Polls Show

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Source: Bloomberg

Sept. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama held on to his post-convention lead over John McCain, as Republicans gathered for the second day in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Obama, a senator from Illinois, had a lead of 6 percentage points in an average of the most recent national polls compiled by the Web site Realclearpolitics.com. Less than 2 percentage points separated the two candidates before last week's Democratic convention in Denver, which ended Aug. 28.

Obama leads Arizona Senator McCain 50 percent to 43 percent in a USA Today/Gallup survey conducted Aug. 30-31, is ahead in a Rasmussen Reports daily tracking survey 48-43 and has a 6-point advantage, 49-43, in a poll by American Research Group.

Candidates historically get a boost in poll ratings following their party conventions as voters pay more attention to the campaigns. The Republican convention ends Sept. 4 after McCain formally accepts the party's presidential nomination.

The USA Today/Gallup survey found that the number of undecided voters had decreased from 30 percent before the Democratic convention to 21 percent. Obama had also pulled almost even with McCain, an Arizona senator, on which candidate was a stronger leader. McCain was deemed the stronger candidate by 46 percent and Obama by 44 percent.

Read more: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aEda5oZq3iJE&refer=us

[TwilightGardener]

1. The convention was a resounding and healing success, and his

speech KICKED ASS! I am not surprised.

[Hawkeye-X]

2. How is the RNC convention going anyway?

Has it turned to be an unmitigated disaster yet?

:hi:

Hawkeye-X

[ingac70]

3. RW radio today said Obama had absolutely no bounce...

even though I sent that bastard recent polls.

They love to lie.

[DeepModem Mom]

4. K&R