Obama trounces McCain by thirteen points in NY Times poll RAW STORY

Published: Sunday November 2, 2008





Print This Email This Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) is trouncing Sen. John McCain in the latest CBS/NY Times poll -- by a margin of 13 percent. This is three percent more than the Gallup poll released Saturday, in which Obama took the largest Gallup lead ever over McCain.



"With two days left until the presidential election, Barack Obama continues to lead John McCain by 13 points among likely voters, 54 percent to 41 percent," CBS writes. "The margin in the new poll, released Sunday, is identical to that in a CBS News poll released Saturday."



The number of undecideds are dwindling, the poll found.



"More than nine in 10 of each candidateâs voters now say they have made up their minds about who to vote for and are not likely to change," CBS reports. "Just seven percent of Obama voters and 8 percent of McCain voters say they still might change their minds, and only 8 percent of likely voters are uncommitted."



Todayâs uncommitted voters are mostly white, and more than half are age 45 or older. Just over half are men, and most live in the Midwest and South. Half describe themselves as moderate, and many are not partisan - four in 10 are independents.



CBS' poll was conducted among a random sample of 908 adults nationwide, including 804 registered voters, interviewed by telephone Oct. 30 - Nov. 1, 2008.



