A new USA Today/Gallup poll finds likely voters say they prefer McCain for president over Obama 48% to 47%. McCain leads Hillary 50% to 46%. The results could be called a statistical tie because it is within the poll's ±3 percent margin of sampling error.
McCain is doing better than expected because McCain is able to attract support beyond just Republican voters. McCain attracts more support among likely voters who identify as Democrats than either Democratic candidate attracts among Republicans who are likely to vote. McCain is also competitive with Obama among independent voters and leads Clinton by 10 percentage points among this group.
The USA Today/Gallup poll, conducted February 21-24.
Gallup Poll Editor in Chief, Frank Newport goes over the details in the following video report:
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