Obama opens six-point lead over McCain

Washington, October 20, 2008

Democrat Barack Obama has expanded his national lead over Republican John McCain in the US presidential race to six percentage points, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Monday.

Obama leads McCain 50 percent to 44 percent among likely US voters in the latest three-day tracking poll, up from a three-point edge for Obama on Sunday.

The telephone poll has a margin of error of 2.9 percentage points. - Reuters

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