To: Ann Corrigan who wrote (48002 ) 9/21/2008 5:40:24 PM From: TideGlider Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 224717 Ohio News Organization Poll — McCain By Six » By Charles LemoscloseAuthor: Charles Lemos Name: Charles Lemos Email: susanunpc@gmail.com Site: bythefault.com About: See Authors Posts (64) on September 21, 2008 at 8:25 AM in Barack Obama, John McCain, Ohio | 116 Comments This is the fifth poll of the critical battleground state of Ohio (link to US census demographic data) and the fourth to show the trendline in Senator McCain’s direction. Two weeks ago, the Quinnipiac poll showed that Senator Obama had a five point lead and last week, the Survey USA poll had McCain up by four. Today a new poll from the Ohio News Organization (a consortium of Ohio newspapers) shows McCain still holding a moderate lead over Obama in the Buckeye state. The poll has McCain leading 48% to 42%. Four percent expressed a preference for independent candidate Ralph Nader and 1% for Libertarian candidate Bob Barr. In the battle for Ohio’s 20 electoral votes, Republican presidential nominee John McCain holds a 48-42 percent lead over Democratic opponent Barack Obama — but with lots of time left in a volatile race, according to the first Middletown Journal/Ohio Newspaper Poll. The poll also surveyed Ohio voters on health care, energy, and their personal financial situations — with nearly half saying they are worse off today than four years ago. The Ohio News Organization — a cooperative formed this year by the state’s eight largest daily newspapers — commissioned the poll. The Institute for Policy Research at the University of Cincinnati, which also runs the Ohio Poll, surveyed 869 likely Ohio voters Sept. 12-16, with an error margin of plus or minus 3.3 percentage points. Read the rest:http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/09/21/ohio-news-organization-poll-%e2%80%94-mccain-by-six/#more-4936