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John McCain holds a 46 percent to 44 percent lead over presidential rival Barack Obama in a new poll of voters in 14 battleground states.
That reverses a 3-point lead for Obama in the same poll in August and comes despite national surveys showing Obama with a slight lead.
McCain and running mate Sarah Palin fare better with Wal-Mart shoppers and older voters ? women in particular ? in the poll, while Obama enjoys support from Starbucks customers, younger voters and women with college degrees.
The National Public Radio/Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research poll surveyed 800 voters on Sept. 18 and 20 in Minnesota, Ohio, Florida, Pennsylvania, Colorado, New Mexico, Virginia, Iowa, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Wisconsin, New Hampshire and Missouri.
The poll also found:
? McCain with a 53 percent to 41 percent lead over Obama among swing state voters 55 and older and Obama with 59 percent to 28 percent advantage with women ages 18 to 34.
? McCain with a 56 percent to 35 percent edge among independents 50 and older and Obama with 40 percent to 33 percent lead among independents 18 to 49.
? Starbucks customers favor Obama 52 percent to 39 percent, while Wal-Mart shoppers go with McCain 58 percent versus 33 percent for Obama.
The NPR poll also showed Palin more popular with older women ? including Wal-Mart consumers ? than with younger woman.
Independent Ralph Nader got 3 percent in the September poll.
A compilation of several national polls by Real Clear Politics gives Obama a 48 percent to 44 percent lead over McCain.
Kind of curious to see the middle class struggle while buying $5 venti mocha coconut frappucinos every morning.
John McCain holds a 46 percent to 44 percent lead over presidential rival Barack Obama in a new poll of voters in 14 battleground states.
That reverses a 3-point lead for Obama in the same poll in August and comes despite national surveys showing Obama with a slight lead.
McCain and running mate Sarah Palin fare better with Wal-Mart shoppers and older voters ? women in particular ? in the poll, while Obama enjoys support from Starbucks customers, younger voters and women with college degrees.
The National Public Radio/Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research poll surveyed 800 voters on Sept. 18 and 20 in Minnesota, Ohio, Florida, Pennsylvania, Colorado, New Mexico, Virginia, Iowa, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Wisconsin, New Hampshire and Missouri.
The poll also found:
? McCain with a 53 percent to 41 percent lead over Obama among swing state voters 55 and older and Obama with 59 percent to 28 percent advantage with women ages 18 to 34.
? McCain with a 56 percent to 35 percent edge among independents 50 and older and Obama with 40 percent to 33 percent lead among independents 18 to 49.
? Starbucks customers favor Obama 52 percent to 39 percent, while Wal-Mart shoppers go with McCain 58 percent versus 33 percent for Obama.
The NPR poll also showed Palin more popular with older women ? including Wal-Mart consumers ? than with younger woman.
Independent Ralph Nader got 3 percent in the September poll.
A compilation of several national polls by Real Clear Politics gives Obama a 48 percent to 44 percent lead over McCain.
Kind of curious to see the middle class struggle while buying $5 venti mocha coconut frappucinos every morning.
