Wednesday, September 17, 2008

'Poll: Obama regains lead over McCain nationally'

Story is here.

THE POLL: CBS News-New York Times national survey

THE NUMBERS: Barack Obama 48 percent, John McCain 43 percent.

OF INTEREST: Obama has regained the lead that McCain erased after the Republican convention. Those who say the economy is getting worse are heavily for Democrat Obama, while those who say it's stable or getting better are more likely to be for Republican McCain. Independent voters have swung back toward Obama. One-fourth of the voters say they could change their mind or are undecided.

DETAILS: Conducted Sept. 12-16 with 1,004 registered voters nationally. Sampling error margin plus or minus 3 percentage points.

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