September 14, 2008
Poll: Obama opens comfortable lead in Iowa
The Associated PressTHE POLL: The Des Moines Register, presidential race in Iowa of likely voters.
THE NUMBERS: Barack Obama 52 percent, John McCain 40 percent.
OF INTEREST: Iowa has long been viewed as a battleground state, in part because of narrow margins of victory in the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections, but Obama appears to have opened up a wide lead. Iowa went narrowly for the Republican, President Bush, in 2004, as it did for the Democrat, former Vice President Al Gore, in 2000. The state has seven electoral votes.
DETAILS: Conducted Sept. 8-10 by telephone with 801 Iowans. Sampling error margin plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.
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