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POSTED: 6:34 am PDT September 8,
2008
UPDATED: 12:37 pm PDT September 8,
2008
Just as his Democratic rival did a week ago, Republican presidential nominee John McCain is enjoying a bump in national polls following his party's convention.
A USA TODAY/Gallup Poll, taken over the weekend, shows McCain leading Obama by 50-46 percent among registered voters.In a similar poll the week previously, Obama held an edge over McCain of 7 percentage points.The addition of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to the Republican ticket led 29 percent of voters to say they were more likely to vote for McCain, while 21 percent said they were less likely, the poll said.The USA Today-Gallup Poll was conducted Sept. 5-7 and involved telephone interviews with 1,022 adults, including 959 registered voters. It had a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.A Zogby poll taken after McCain announced Palin as his running mate, but before her convention speech, showed a tighter race, with McCain/Palin leading Obama/Biden 49.7-47.1 percent.
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