CBS/New York Times Poll-itics: Obama widens lead

By GottaLaff

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The standing of the Democratic presidential ticket of Barack Obama and Joe Biden improved during the last few weeks of the presidential campaign, a period that included the three presidential debates and the vice presidential debate, a new CBS News/New York Times poll shows. [...]

Those 476 likely voters were re-interviewed for the new poll, and their responses suggest that the Democratic ticket has made gains since the initial survey: The Obama-Biden ticket now holds a 13-point edge, 54 percent to 41 percent, among the group.

Nearly all of the voters who supported Obama in the initial poll in September - 98 percent - still do. The Republican ticket has retained 88 percent of its support. Among formerly undecided voters, fifty-two percent now say they favor Obama, while 36 percent support McCain. Twelve percent remain undecided.

Independents now support the Democratic ticket 50 percent to 43 percent. In September, this group backed the Mccain-Palin ticket, 46 percent to 40 percent. Self-described moderates, meanwhile, overwhelmingly favor the Obama-Biden ticket, breaking for the Democrats 66 percent to 30 percent.

Voters’ overall favorable opinions of Obama have improved ten points since the initial survey, to 53 percent. His unfavorably rating has also risen - though, at 33 percent, it is 20 points below his favorable rating.

McCain, by contrast, has seen his unfavorable rating rise ten points, to 45 percent. His unfavorable rating is now nine points higher than his favorable rating, which has held steady at 36 percent.

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